Whims

The populace was in thrall to the dictator's whims.

Don't pay any attention to her whims.

Sami obliged Layla's whims.

She threatened to translate his works and, thus, exposing him to the whims of the police state.

Laborers in the emerging underclass who cater to the whims of the better-off are sometimes referred to as “wealth workers."

I don't endure your whims anymore.

He indulges all her whims.

Why should I fulfill all your whims?

Khalid from Saudi Arabia was a friend in university, UBC. He rented an apartment near the planetarium of Vancouver, BC. He had spontaneous whims like us hiking up Black Tusk mountain with his leather shoes on, one sunny, but chilly day.

Sculptures made of sand are transient, here today and gone tomorrow, subject to the whims of wind and waves.