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How to use the word whimsical in a Sentence?

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I’d forgotten how whimsical and crazy his host bits were — very physical and very visual, in one show he walks on stage in front of the audience and says ‘Did I tell you it’s my birthday?’ And the audience all raises their hands with wrapped gifts for him. It’s that kind of gentle crazy humor that I want younger generations to see from him.

– Di Bona

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The whimsical reimagining of the police department has normalized violence and murder in a once safe and admired city.

– Charles Wilkison

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It is unconscionable to subject Gun Owners of America constitutionally protected rights to the whimsical ‘ health ’ concerns of anti-gun politicians and bureaucrats, congress can never allow these failed gun laws to harm American gun owners again.

– Aidan Johnston

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.

– Mary Oliver

added by acronimous
3 years ago

Among all of the sequels and all of the explosions of the summer, this is a very charming, original, whimsical musical romance with iconic music and amazing performances... (and direction), all of that adds up to a great, great run at the domestic box office.

– Domestic Theatrical Distribution Jim Orr

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Polo has shifted from just the sports to a fashion statement, for me it is something fun, something playful, something whimsical, something comfortable ... a bit of color, a bit of pop.

– Mudrakat Alabi-Macfoy

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

For me it is something fun, something playful, something whimsical, something comfortable ... a bit of color, a bit of pop.

– Mudrakat Alabi-Macfoy

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

This is a great example of the lush illustration used at the time and it shows a kind of surrealistic, whimsical approach with people dancing around a giant cigarette.

– Jim Heimann

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There were U-boats off the East Coast of America, sinking ships near Cape May and Cape Cod, people thought there would be bombers overhead. So the decision to remove the documents was not a frivolous or whimsical thought.

– Stephen Puleo out Tuesday

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

He had this whimsical observation, maybe one day we could have an animal that would pile up the sand after storms.

– Trevor Smith

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

He had a whimsical, fey sense of humor and he brought a lot to 'Laugh-In' in the way of thoughts, words and jokes.

– George Schlatter

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Our whole life is an attempt to discover when our spontaneity is whimsical, sentimental irresponsiblity and when it is a valid expression of our deepest desires and values.

– Helen Merrell Lynd

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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