How to Use at the whim of (someone) in a Sentence

at the whim of (someone)

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• But public funds are doled out - and withdrawn - at the whim of politicians.
  — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
• Both of our schedules are at the whim of work that can drag us to the airport or the train station.
  — Colin Daileda, Longreads, 24 Mar. 2020
• All other rights are at the whim of whoever is running the state.
  — Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 12 Dec. 2022
• Get lucky at the whim of the algorithm — cross your fingers and just upload.
  — Danny Garcia, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2022
• Second, the transition tag would not leave the Vikings at the whim of the trade market.
  — Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
• Will Henriette end up with her true love, or be forced to wed at the whim of her family?
  — cleveland, 8 July 2022
• The system was already in place whereby the income of many workers was at the whim of the customers.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
• Already, investors who hold Vail are putting their dividends at the whim of the weather.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
• There’s a little anxiety around leaving the nest and being at the whim of other people.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2024
• Someone who only has a single load to wash is at the whim of another person using all the machines.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
• Someone who has only a single load to wash is at the whim of another person using all the machines.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
• The county is at the whim of the federal government in its quest for more vaccinations.
  — Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2022
• Tech workers are in high demand, and companies are increasingly at the whim of their desires.
  — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 11 Mar. 2022
• Just as cruise itineraries can sometimes be subject to last-minute changes, safaris are at the whim of wild animals.
  — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
• The firefighters operate at the whim of incident commanders, who can recall them to the line at any time.
  — Bruce Selcraig, ExpressNews.com, 3 Oct. 2020
• Logging and development projects are at the whim of market pressures and politics.
  — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
• Never before in human history has the global economy—and the livelihoods of so many billions—been so at the whim of one man.
  — Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Oct. 2022
• But shoppers are largely at the whim of retailers’ voluntary disclosures.
  — NBC News, 17 Feb. 2022
• Summoning friends and family at the whim of the wedding photographer while everyone else stands around?
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
• The workers said they were taken by bus to Food Lion once a week but to Walmart only once a month, at the whim of their bosses.
  — Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2020
• Songs, albums, and entire catalogs can be removed from streaming services at the whim of the artists or the corporations who control the rights.
  — Adrienne So, WIRED, 24 Apr. 2024
• Call us old fashioned, but such an order should require an act of Congress, not just at the whim of whoever is in the White House.
  — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 18 Mar. 2025
• That allows [artists] to have sustainable careers that aren’t just driven off programmatic playlisting and being at the whim of that ecosystem.
  — Mark Sutherland, Variety, 27 June 2024
• Ignoring their input makes any decisions about hybrid schedules seem arbitrary or at the whim of the leadership team, which will lead to an erosion of trust.
  — PCMAG, 19 Dec. 2022
• Those who make money off social media are also at the whim of big platforms and their constantly changing algorithms, forcing them to adapt to what’s popular at the time.
  — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
• Until then, a company hit by an antitrust suit was at the whim of a judge who may or may not buy into whatever theory of competition the plaintiff or defendant presents.
  — Fortune, 10 Dec. 2020
• Furthermore, gas prices at large are at the whim of an international market that can be disrupted due to economic and geopolitical reasons.
  — Nancy Vu, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024
• How businesses have mishandled layoffs shows that companies are not your family and everyone is disposable at the whim of management.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
• The team always tried its hardest, always deserved kudos, always was at the whim of a make/miss league, and never had to publicly own its shortcomings in execution or strategy.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
• If these policy changes move forward, prosecutions will no longer be at the whim of commanders and influenced so easily by military politics.
  — New York Times, 3 Aug. 2021