There were Turk's head lilies and patches of iris , islands of brilliant blue set capriciously in the green sea. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
If I get tired -- if when you come back, you don't find me, just conclude, "capriciously," I have gone on some little errand of my own. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
She appeared to him to be pining "capriciously" when she became thin and neurotic. From Wordnik.com. [Married Love: or, Love in Marriage] Reference
Companies can operate capriciously and continue reaping profits. From Wordnik.com. [Facebook Customer Service: A Black Hole of Algorithms] Reference
The alchemy worked capriciously, but the product has been transmuted. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
He went back and forth capriciously back and forth across the border. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 27, 2006] Reference
"I have told you of one fault, now hear another," says she capriciously. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
They can be applied capriciously and punitively against any news organization. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Peyronnin: Fox News Snub] Reference
They rose and fell wilfully, capriciously, with many an airy and fanciful turn. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
That three judge panel ruled that the FCC "acted arbitrarily and capriciously.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 22, 2008] Reference
Sanofi said the FDA acted arbitrarily and capriciously in granting the approval. From Wordnik.com. [Sanofi Seeks to Halt Lovenox Generic] Reference
But I don't say anything, because I know she could capriciously change her mind. From Wordnik.com. [Ian Welsh: Disrespecting the Poor] Reference
Purrrchance I am acting capriciously, much like the true, rash, impulsive Gemini that I am. From Wordnik.com. [qdiosa Diary Entry] Reference
As for Hendricks -- well, at least no one can say that the state locked him up capriciously. From Wordnik.com. [Too Dangerous To Set Free?] Reference
As they walked, the mist waxed and waned capriciously, revealing startling varieties of plants. From Wordnik.com. [Fire Dancer]
Even in a competitive news environment, allegations like these should not be made capriciously. From Wordnik.com. [Phil Bronstein: New York Times Responds to "Liberal" Borrowing Policy Question...] Reference
Scattered capriciously among the groves are no less than ten hamlets, all attached to Bocagnono. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference
The only plan is to use them variously and capriciously, according to the reaction to be explained. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882] Reference
One by losing his life, the other by losing Ripley time and again, mysteriously, capriciously, cruelly. From Wordnik.com. [Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema] Reference
They seem to think that rules are made capriciously, and for the pleasure of the masters; but this is not so. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Brown's Schooldays]
After what has passed, I should be considered as acting capriciously and inconsistently, should I depart from it. From Wordnik.com. [Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father] Reference
The panel ruled that the FCC "acted arbitrarily and capriciously" in issuing the fine for the fleeting image of nudity. From Wordnik.com. [Less Heat] Reference
The United States does not casually or capriciously charge one of its own citizens with providing support to terrorists. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 15, 2002] Reference
It's an unwillingness to accept or a complete disregard for the fact that you're capriciously toying with people's lives. From Wordnik.com. [Chez Pazienza: Miles to Go: CNN Fires Technology Unit, Keeps Ridiculous Technology] Reference
Who would provide capital knowing the government capriciously demonizes investors and arbitrarily confiscates their assets?. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Schram: Government vs. Investors, Round One] Reference
The tariff of duties and mode of calculating it were capriciously modified from time to time on no commercial basis whatever. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
Numbers appear to have been often capriciously introduced by these heretics to give a colour of support to their own theories. From Wordnik.com. [ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus] Reference
And like most questions in our techno-driven/uber-commercial/capriciously-validating culture, it's an answer you can find online. From Wordnik.com. [Jill Di Donato: Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful] Reference
For the rest they have the mental and physical characteristics of the kings and queens they protect or persecute so capriciously. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
But in his old age the goddess capriciously wished him to marry and have issue, but he refused and was slain and buried at Pohur in. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
We accuse swing voters of voting capriciously, irrationally, but if we were only rational ourselves, we could easily see why they do. From Wordnik.com. [John Neffinger: Democrats vs. Science: Why We're So Damn Good at Losing Elections] Reference
The weather changed, as it often did in the Crimea, most capriciously; and the morning of the memorable 8th of September broke cold and wintry. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference
This is a right which, like all other prerogatives, may be exercised unwisely, capriciously, or even unjustly, but still it is not to be denied. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
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