as in whim
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
a frequent victim to the vagrancies of the heart, she had a succession of passionate but short-lived romances
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Recent Examples of vagrancy
So a magistrate dismissed the charges but sentenced both Black men to 90 days in the workhouse for vagrancy.
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Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The building, erected between 2005 and 2007, has drawn loiterers, break-ins, litter and other signs of vagrancy and neglect since CVS permanently closed the location in April 2022.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2025
Many local government officials, reformers, and policymakers in the 19th century saw vagrancy laws as futile at best, cruel at worst.
—Time, 16 Sep. 2025
The rise in vagrancy, open drug use, aggressive panhandling, indecent exposure and public health hazards have made downtown residents feel increasingly unsafe in their own city.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025
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Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The building, erected between 2005 and 2007, has drawn loiterers, break-ins, litter and other signs of vagrancy and neglect since CVS permanently closed the location in April 2022.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2025
Many local government officials, reformers, and policymakers in the 19th century saw vagrancy laws as futile at best, cruel at worst.
—Time, 16 Sep. 2025
The rise in vagrancy, open drug use, aggressive panhandling, indecent exposure and public health hazards have made downtown residents feel increasingly unsafe in their own city.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for vagrancy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vagrancy
whim
Noun
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Even in the best of times, cattle producers are also at nature's whim.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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No matter how much someone disagrees with recent decisions by the high court, threatening to subordinate judicial independence to the whims of a political party befits a banana republic.—
Washington Post Editorial Board,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2026
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“Vagrancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vagrancy. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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