How To Use Whimsical In A Sentence

Products such as ottomans and bathmats made from recycled flip-flops are "whimsical and interesting, but it's not doing things at the deepest level. Designer Trash
Looking out the window, I can see an orange flame of whimsical light skimming the horizon, and hues of blue to grey look down benignly from above.
This whimsical but dangerous world was depicted in a monumentally epic 15,000 page, single-spaced typed novel, "In the Realms of the Unreal".
A warm and whimsical film. Times, Sunday Times
For this solo, he exhibited untitled watercolors and monotypes with his typically whimsical mixture of abstraction and figuration.

For those who know Mackenzie primarily as the author of whimsical tartan entertainments such as Whisky Galore, this bitter book comes as something of a revelation.
This ad for “Once Upon a Time” 1944 urges us to see it, using words like “wonderful”, “whimsical”, the questionably grammatical “chucklesome”, and “Santa Claus.” Archive 2009-08-01
With his inventive sense of flattened, decorative form and composition, he has truly reinvented the still life, but he is also a master of whimsical erotica.
Bare tree limbs and branches are drawn against the winter sky, as whimsical as pencil sketches. Christianity Today
The mental faculty through which whims, visions, and fantasies are summoned up; imagination, especially of a whimsical or fantastic nature.
It's the profound whimsicality that troubles me. Times, Sunday Times
Clive and Elsa are massively proud of the new male and female they have in their tank, whom they are now encouraging to perform a mating ritual-dance known as imprinting and whom they whimsically name Fred and Ginger. Splice
It's visually poetic, whimsical and has a larrikin charm.
This is a mix of legal anecdotes, poetry readings, excerpts from his work and whimsical stories from his childhood interspersed with music. Times, Sunday Times
He closed his eyes and listened to the Forestmaster's whimsical voice change to a somber, sorrowful tone.
This is a story about rootlessness, about impulsive, ostensibly whimsical wandering.
Her barely there makeup took almost an hour to apply and she’d arranged her hair in an upswept ’do that required forty-five minutes of concentration as she created an off-center part, gathered her hair tightly into place, and then strategically released strands of hair, allowing the tresses to dangle, successfully pulling off the impression of whimsical undoneness that was both capricious and exceedingly sexy. Pure Paradise
Despite his kindly, sometimes whimsical air, he was a shrewd observer of people.
It seems that between Italy and Sicily there is a strait called Faro of Messina, where the tide ebbs and flows every six hours, and the fickleness of lucks tides in Faro where it ebbs and flows every six minutes, furnishes a felicitous illustration of the whimsicalness of the tides of Faro de Messina, and the game may have derived its name from that fact. A Controversy Between "Erskine" and "W. M." on the Practicability of Suppressing Gambling.
Despite the warning, the house is whimsical and playful. Times, Sunday Times
I feel Dustin would hate the word whimsical to describe anything he's written, but it's given me that sort of delight on a random Tuesday afternoon. Archive 2008-06-24
She retains the curve to suggest, in combination with her bird-like gaze, a charming whimsicality.
Faith, and you are _not_ blate," said she whimsically, but indifferent to remove herself from a grasp so innocent. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure
I am a whimsical fellow, as you doubtless remember, and have lately grown, they tell me, rather hippish besides. The Evil Guest
All of this inspired me to create a whimsical (but pointed) solution towards the elimination or reduction of these brutal altercations.
Old gardening boots, wheelbarrows, and toolboxes can make whimsical substitutes for expensive outdoor containers.
As the co-founder of legendary graphic design studio Push Pin, he was a prime mover in deflating the pomposity of modernism and ushering in the freer, more whimsical visual styles that defined the ’60s and ’70s. Book Review: Seymour : Scrubbles.net
Their whimsical nature, abrupt discontinuities and formal ‘shortcuts’ came across vividly.
But April, with its whimsical showers and surprised days of panting heat, unnerves me and awakens animal desires.
Lifted from their debut EP, this minimalistic yet charmingly whimsical slice of lo-fi alt-folk opens with nought but a lone slappy bass riff and jerky surreal prose, before blossoming out into a cacophony of wondrous twangy noises, and ends up sounding like Badly Drawn Boy, Sufjan Stevens and a parliament of owls caught up in a weird feathery, beardy group hug, happily tumbling down an upwards escalator in slow motion. This week's new singles
These ten songs certainly aren't stylistically groundbreaking, or even trendsetting, but they are sophisticated, whimsical and, most of all, earnest.
Turning to painting in 1907, Feininger began to experiment with formal qualities, namely perspective, while infusing his genre scenes with the same intangible whimsicality evoked in his commercial work dating back to the turn of the century. Alexander Adler: Lyonel Feininger: At The Edge of The World
Bored and whimsical, he indulges an idle, faintly epicurean interest in a beautiful boy sporting on the beach; then he is transfigured by epiphanic agony as the older man falls in love with the younger.
One who transgresses the injunctions of the Vedic scriptures whimsically acting under the impulse of desire, never attains perfection, neither happiness nor the supreme goal.
Susan has a whimsical, descriptive and deeply emotive writing style.
To my mind, golf can be categorized as an aristocratic game reserved exclusively for the leisured classes, big shots and whimsical big spenders.
Influenced by her mother's sunny disposition and a lifelong love of plants and flora, Christie's passion for painting whimsical flowers captivates both adults and children of all ages.
The whimsicality may not be to everyone's taste. Times, Sunday Times
You'll be splenetic and over-heated and I'll be jocular and whimsical.
Perhaps it was the queer amphitheatrical effect of this setting that connected up some whimsical train of thought in Maynard's brain. Uncanny Tales
Like spoiled children, they can demand, stamp their feet, refuse to vote, be fickle and whimsical, expecting MPs to act as obsequious valets, while distrusting them all along.
At Sabi, for example, 25 kilometers southeast of Moscow, fishermen cast lines from docks along the wooded shore, which are dotted with whimsical sculptures made of birchwood. Escape From Moscow:
The High Court said while granting maintenance, some formula or yardstick must be adopted and it must not be whimsical or arbitrary.
A whimsical expression tippled across the girl's face, a mixture of tenderness and mischief. The Hidden Places
And for dessert, the much awaited chocolate chestnut BÃ»che de NoÃ«l, the Yuletide Log, is proudly placed upon the table, a moist genoise cake rolled up, filled and iced with rich buttercream and decorated like a branch or log lying on the forest floor, a playground for elves and whimsical forest creatures. Jamie Schler: Chocolate Chestnut Charlotte For The Holidays
The pendant is a whimsical sterling silver angel wing and next to it is a wire wrapped faceted amethyst briolette. Kdlb feed
As such, the New York Times has seen fit to wipe its monocle off on its shirt-tail and turn its aging journalistic eye on the city's bicyclists by putting together a whimsical little "field guide: Down With Gears, or Down With Gears: Figuring Out What to Ride
When the purchaser presents himself, they withdraw these bags from the pressure to which they are subject; the merchant, with a careless air, gives a slight push with his fist to the bottom of the crown, to raise it up, smooths the front upon his knee, and presents to your eyes an object at once whimsically fantastical, which recalls confusedly to your memory those fabulous head-dresses favored by box-keepers, aunts of opera dancers, or duennas of provincial theaters. Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02
It's about time somebody brought some whimsicality to the discipline. Times, Sunday Times
The film is populated by types rather than people, and its whimsical romanticism is of the sort you'd find in a very slim book of pop psychology.
Performing a whimsical mix of popular German chansons and original compositions alongside Cuban rumbas, cheery foxtrots, elegant tangos and covers of modern pop songs, Palast has earned rave reviews and standing ovations in glamorous concert halls across the globe. UCLA Live Unveils Their 2007-2008 Jazz Series
Your link indicates that physical phenomenon can be cited to support the position that preexistence is a rational rather than a whimsical argument. Biocosm & The Biocentric Universe
And for dessert, the much awaited chocolate chestnut Bûche de Noël, the Yuletide Log, is proudly placed upon the table, a moist genoise cake rolled up, filled and iced with rich buttercream and decorated like a branch or log lying on the forest floor, a playground for elves and whimsical forest creatures. Jamie Schler: Chocolate Chestnut Charlotte For The Holidays
However, I will permit myself -- and more importantly, will beg your indulgence for -- analepses and occasional analogies where my own admittedly subjective views and readings seem to demand them...or at least wish for them in a spirit of whimsical velleity. Omar Karindu on Bendis’ Daredevil – Some Introductory Remarks | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources
His whimsical creations incorporate the antique wood letters and foundry type from a Montana newspaper he published in the 1960s.
He carried it well, the only noticeable effects being a flush in his eyes and a loosening of his tongue to whimsical fancies and extemporized chants. CHAPTER XXIX
Oddball characters are propelled along zigzagging narrative channels, connections made with whimsical aplomb. Times, Sunday Times
Despite his kindly, sometimes whimsical air, he was a shrewd observer of people.
Then I will imitate the fantastic ways of whimsical ladies to their lovers.
I could not help thinking of the whimsicalness of chance, which had seen fit to make me the solitary companion of a woman of whose existence I knew nothing a few hours before. The French Immortals Series — Complete
Old gardening boots, wheelbarrows, and toolboxes can make whimsical substitutes for expensive outdoor containers.
He has a whimsical sense of humor.
He had a steady head on his shoulders and was different from the whimsical flighty young boys of his age.
But the band began to gel and the unlikely blend of African rhythm, folk fiddle and classical cadences to work its whimsical magic. Times, Sunday Times
The mental faculty through which whims, visions, and fantasies are summoned up; imagination, especially of a whimsical or fantastic nature.
Consider the distinctive compositions of pop artist Romero Britto, whose brilliant colors and whimsical themes flirt with cubism but remain true to the artist's personal style.
The section ends almost whimsically with the band fixating upon a repeated bop riff and then finishing with an extended atonal blast.
The two stars have an enjoyable chemistry and put commendable effort into whimsical dialogue and the far-fetched plot. The Sun
The two stars have an enjoyable chemistry and put commendable effort into whimsical dialogue and the far-fetched plot. The Sun
How did an impoverished North Philadelphia community transform abandoned lots into whimsical sculpture gardens?
The poem foregrounds the elicitation of knowledge, yet dazzles and frustrates with its whimsicality rather than instructs. The Times Literary Supplement
He handles the big political set pieces superbly, but also offers many whimsical vignettes. Times, Sunday Times
We get this kind of whimsical sense that the criminal justice system has nothing to do with truth telling, it's all about gamesmanship and winning.
They showed the same concern with graffiti, T-shirt designs, doe-eyed cartoon figures, cute toys, robots and illustrations based on whimsical doodles.
This album was largely whimsical and retrospective, with a subtle sense of humour, even through the more serious numbers.
He has a wonderful whimsical sense of humour.
McGrath remembers his offbeat sense of humor, his whimsical side.
It is a whimsical piece featuring spoons and stride piano.
John was known as a whimsical man who often changed the inventory of his cargo to fit his mood.
I am sad to admit I kinda dig this for the whimsical jolliness aspect. Regretsy – Regretsy Math
They showed the same concern with graffiti, T-shirt designs, doe-eyed cartoon figures, cute toys, robots and illustrations based on whimsical doodles.
Nobody likes Micawber less for his follies; and Dickens liked his father more, the more he recalled his whimsical qualities. Criticisms and Interpretations. II. By John Forster
Speculative, whimsical thoughts are not compatible with the sobriety required by most issuers of credit.
It's possible something has been lost in the translation; the story feels bitty and cluttered by digressions, while the whimsical air is irritating rather than amusing.
A project Levinson has wanted to make since before "Diner," it's a strenuously whimsical antimilitarist fable that harks back to the era of "Willy Wonka" and "Brewster McCloud. Not A Season To Be Jolly
Paris, who published the Histoire de Chams – Eddine et Nour – Eddine with Maghrabi punctuation (Paris, Hachette, 1852) remarks the similarity of this word to Tazza and a number of other whimsical coincidences as Zauj, jugum; Inkár, negare; matrah, matelas; The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
A whimsical high arched pavilion with a trellised canopy rises on spindle columns, which are fine twisted supports, from a fragile stepped garden bridge with a pierced fretwork balustrade echoing that of the head of the bed.
The writing is racy and sparkling, the wit very dry and quite a few chapters end on a note of whimsical rhetoric.
But can an Assembly be dissolved arbitrarily, capriciously, whimsically, at the absolute discretion of a Chief Minister?
They joined some local bands, including the Clay County Community Band, and also are members of a small band they call the Umpa Band, umpa being their whimsical spelling of the tuba's characteristic oompah sound.
The whimsical drunk given to the occasional half-rhymed, fireside anacreontic is a pretty poor relation of the poet.
Each work mixes craftsmanship with a whimsicality that will continue to have wide appeal. Times, Sunday Times
The early 1980s saw the most despotic assertion of rock-star whimsicality. Times, Sunday Times
Some spoilsport reviewers have referred to the lyrics as smug and smirking; I prefer to view them as wry and whimsical.
If that sounds overelaborate, whimsical and a touch pretentious, well in places it was. Times, Sunday Times
The sexy lingerie, which is saucy as only the Brits can be, features whimsical designs like embroidered bows, polka-dots, lace trimming, and side-tie ribbon closures.
I wish they hadn't set the crabs to whimsical, flutey background music, especially when their efforts were so heroic. Times, Sunday Times
His collection combines luxury, whimsicality and wearability, all guided by his designer's instinct.
At last it came, on his part, to a titanic whimsicalness of assent. Foes
Multiple realities and morphing characters can be a fruitful release from normal narrative, but they also release you from discipline, leaving the author prey to whimsicality and stray associations.
Meantime certain love affairs that came to nothing, as people say, have the strangest importance: he crowds us with details: — certain whimsical opinions, cosmogonies and religions of his own invention, and especially his relations to remarkable minds and to critical epochs of thought: — these he magnifies. Representative Men
For those of you left with any doubt, the play is musical, whimsical and highly enjoyable - a perfect family night out.
His latest, Ondine (2009, Paramount, 12), finds Jordan returning to more rewardingly lyrical fare with a whimsical tale of a lonely fisherman (Colin Farrell) who catches a "selkie" (half woman, half seal) and finds himself entrapped in a tightening emotional net. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
The romance is the sadness, the struggle for growth, the metaphors themselves; there is nothing whimsical or fancified. Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: The Romance of Tinariwen
If anything, this whimsically acoustic five-piece are more likely to be tipped as the next Belle & Sebastian.
With toe-curling whimsicality, he sees fit to tell us the pet names he bestows on his various sculptures. The Times Literary Supplement
Their organisation created mainly random patterns, but at times exploded into circular sunbursts, whimsical, floral.
The concept of fashion has sometimes been like a star twinkling in the remote distance and sometime been so whimsical(Sentence dictionary), seemingly within touch but without a handle.
With their whimsical ancient names such as corncockle, mousetail, fluellen, fumitory, downy hemp-nettle and lamb's succory, they have music as well as colour.
While the act of childbirth is an adventure in itself, Shaw exaggerates the metaphor and transcends it, all with a whimsical yet serious beat. REVIEW: Interfictions 2: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing edited by Delia Sherman and Christopher Barzak
I too will be "palping" a whimsical outfit, having engaged a noted costumier to dress me as a burrito. Archive 2009-10-01
I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory
It was fun, and certainly historic, but much of it also sounded like whimsical juvenilia.
How I chortled when I first saw the white chamber pot under my bed: how witty, I thought; how whimsical - till I awoke in pitch darkness on the first night with a full bladder.
Yet his default setting on stage remains a kind of hectoringly personable whimsicality. Times, Sunday Times
I love the Irish and their whimsicality - I have a lot of it in me.
Last night, our coach got a little whimsical and changed up the infield a bit.
Many of the pieces have come from his own personal collection - which reveal his witty and whimsical sense of humour, and a love of the bush.
Her sturdy carryalls work as whimsical homes-away-from-home for the urban packrat.
Bare tree limbs and branches are drawn against the winter sky, as whimsical as pencil sketches. Christianity Today
Mulvany could also build in a light and whimsical manner, especially when it came to gate lodges.
She had been a child apart from her earliest years, a whimsical, sometimes meltingly reflective aphorist. Mark Twain
It's about time somebody brought some whimsicality to the discipline. Times, Sunday Times
This whimsical piece of mischief by his brother brought a quiet laugh from David.
It is another acoustically driven gem, a lazy but beautifully constructed effort that features some wonderfully whimsical lyrics and a genuinely relaxing vibe.
The fiberglass statues were transformed by artists into whimsical creatures with punny names.
Though some are light and whimsical, they emerge from a passion for both writing and reading that goes beyond mere observation.
He can be so sweet sometimes, he's just very capricious and whimsical.
In a fashion context, unapproachable or intimidating artwork becomes accessible, even whimsical.
Miller was especially wounded by Mailer's scathing verdict on his uncharacteristically whimsical travelogue The Colossus Of Maroussi.
Victims of the whimsical monsoons and fickle market prices, these poor farmers have very little control over their destiny.
McGrath remembers his offbeat sense of humor, his whimsical side.
The question is whimsical, but perhaps it illustrates something.
As we now know, thanks to his current trial on charges of paying for sex with a minor, he regularly assembles veritable harems of young women for bacchanals with a dress code that could be described as whimsical. NYT > Home Page
Even across the street, Larcher was impressed anew with the young man's engagingness of expression, which owed much to a whimsical, amiable look about the mouth. The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day
Elizabeth lost faith in herself as she saw her apparent whimsicalness and began to lash herself into line as John and his mother wished. The Wind Before the Dawn
NGV Australia is in a whimsical development, one part of a higgledy-piggledy, harlequin coloured complex embracing a doping irregular campo.
Their whimsical nature, abrupt discontinuities and formal ‘shortcuts’ came across vividly.
It is elaborate and disorderly and yet sober: it is not chintzy or kittenish or whimsical or ‘feminised.’
This is a mix of legal anecdotes, poetry readings, excerpts from his work and whimsical stories from his childhood interspersed with music. Times, Sunday Times
Or is the reference to ‘Esdala’ no more than a plausible fiction, and the picture a pleasant Chinese fantasy, equivalent to the whimsical chinoiseries concocted in Europe a century before?
Ray Caesar creates fantastical, grimly hopeful and gravely whimsical images of wizened children who radiate an enigmatic serenity.
His works are surrealistic and whimsical, rendered in oils and mixed media.
I love the colours you've used, really whimsical bakehouse, and cool! Daring Bakers: Cheesecake Pops
He complained that the colonel starves his works out of whimsicalness and frugality, endeavouring to do every thing with his own people, and at the same time taking them off upon every vagary that comes into his head. The Westover Manuscripts: Containing the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A Journey to the Land of Eden, A. D. 1733; and A Progress to the Mines. Written from 1728 to 1736, and Now First Published
Poetry should be brief, whimsical verse about a certain cutie patootie you'd like to get to know better.
the victim of whimsical persecutions
Its style might be well described as whimsical, its purpose is to amuse by means of playful fancies, and it usually exhibits Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story
The kids have also produced a range of beautiful, whimsical mobiles of chameleons, shongololos, birds, fish, stars and planets made out of junk and found objects.
The whimsicality may not be to everyone's taste. Times, Sunday Times
But simply to turn loose your soul to every whimsicality, to play the fool unafraid of any possible result, why, that requires a man other than a householder and law-respecting citizen. Local Color
It will be a kind of a whimsical, flirty date movie.
A single first initial of your first name as a monogram has a casual, whimsical kind of feel.
A father and son children's book: vivid illustrations by son Carl, whimsical poems by father Peter.
I, who looked upon begging as a delightful whimsicality, thumbed myself over into a true son of Mrs. Grundy, burdened with all her bourgeois morality. Confession
An unorthodox blend of biting satire and music-hall humour, it sometimes feels too whimsical for its own good. Times, Sunday Times
You can track your book's progress around the world, and it all sounds very lovely and whimsical.
Paul was alternately drawn to and repelled by her whimsicality and wantonness. A Covert Affair
Should she stay where she dwells, and retain this her mind, who could live quietly by her? for she will either be dumpish or unneighborly, or talk of such matters as no wise body can abide; wherefore for my part I shall never be sorry for her departure; let her go, and let better come in her room: twas never a good World since these whimsical Fools dwelt in it. The Pilgrim’s Progress, in the Similitude of a Dream; The Second Part. Paras. 1-99
The ceiling is hung with lamps of every shape and size, from glass floats tied with rope to whimsical creations made of seashells.
He handles the big political set pieces superbly, but also offers many whimsical vignettes. Times, Sunday Times
It is difficult to decide whether this indifference is another instance of charming whimsicality or just unforgivable negligence. The Times Literary Supplement
But there's a daunting heap of whimsical fairy-land nonsense and idiotic eastern-flavoured piffle to struggle through before you get to the bits you're likely to remember.
That evening ended on a low chord with a little whimsical note plucked in the upper register.
The Orientals showed more intelligence and justice: they declared they were men's property; and, in fact, nature has made them our slaves, and it is only by our whimsicalness that they presume to be our sovereigns; they abuse their advantages to mislead and control us. The Court of the Empress Josephine
Its bitonal ostinato and airy, whimsical melodies floating above create a convincing aural equivalent of a mirage.
Yet his default setting on stage remains a kind of hectoringly personable whimsicality. Times, Sunday Times
Why art thou so oddly yclept, so whimsically named - oh, got it, you play the HARP.
This thali is made of wool: it has been whimsically hand-knitted and was purchased by my mother in a market in Pune, India. Archive 2008-02-01
In previous exhibitions, her canvases always struck me as beautifully painted but excessively whimsical, full of details that seemed more interesting than the wholes.
Of course, Bangladesh added to Pharrell's template the rhythmically triggered vocal samples, which caught on as a textural gesture in its own right, beyond the songs in question here - though it builds of course, in its whimsical way, on a longstanding trend toward incorporating vocal samples in hip-hop "instrumentals" (dating back at least to early RZA). Wayneandwax.com
His new song Mother and Child opened the dedication service and captured the whimsical and delightful spirit of the work.
While the attempt to free it from the clutches of underworld dons and whimsical financiers continues, more and more producers and directors are turning to banks and other credible public financing institutions for funds.
The austerities of the Second World War and its aftermath put an end to whimsical parties.
Editors are likely to suggest nuanced typographical layouts based on the seriousness or whimsicality of the work in order to evoke a specific affectation on the reader.
Pope Ganganelli is said to have expressed a whimsical opinion that all the books in the world might be reduced to six thousand volumes in folio -- by epitomising, expurgating, and destroying whatever the chosen and plenipotential committee of literature should in their wisdom think proper to condemn. Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society
The two stars have an enjoyable chemistry and put commendable effort into whimsical dialogue and the far-fetched plot. The Sun
It is only the tropical trees, specially the lauhala or “screw pine,” the whimsical shapes of outlying ridges, which now and then lie like the leaves in a book, and the strange forms of extinct craters, which distinguish it from some of our most beautiful park scenery, such as Windsor Great Park or Belvoir. The Hawaiian Archipelago
Also, there is nothing that could possibly be called whimsical, nothing critical or self-critical, about him. Since Cézanne
Still, calling the other lists whimsical seems a tad unfair.
To balance out the multiple deaths and brutality, we got a whimsical helping of grotesquery thanks to original scenes written specifically for the HBO series. Houses Collide: Game of Thrones Discussion — Tyrion's Brutality and Wait, Renly Is Gay?
We love Selena Gomez on the red carpet: she tends to go for elegant gowns or whimsical yet sophisticated numbers like the ruffly Marchesa she wore at last month's EMAs. Selena Gomez's Sexy, Sparkly Onesie: Love It Or Leave It? (PHOTOS, POLL)
This whimsical whirlybird even dedicated the No Doubt-like "Submarine Symphonika" from 2008's Honeysuckle Weeks to "the girl in the bathroom who told me it's her favorite. Michael Bialas: The Submarines Hit Their Target Audience by Sending Love Notes
Ali's whimsical rendering of this imagined place evokes subtle feelings of nostalgia, and regret.
On a pleasant evening after work last week, Nurrenbern and his volunteers planted a variety of flora with whimsical names such as "Margarita Banana" portulaca, "Serena Purple" angelonia, and "Mint Mocha" coleus, as well as the better-known petunias. Courierpress.com Stories
A solid master plan helps prevent whimsical changes being made by each new greens committee
She kept her eyes on me, and repeated with a sort of whimsical enviousness: The Arrow of Gold
Each work mixes craftsmanship with a whimsicality that will continue to have wide appeal. Times, Sunday Times
Its bitonal ostinato and airy, whimsical melodies floating above create a convincing aural equivalent of a mirage.
To assure us that interest in abstract patterning continues, there's the whimsical, Escher-like "Horn Spoon" (2009) in which artist Kevin Pourier (Oglala Lakota, b. 1958) beautifully conjures up the relationship between contemporary and traditional design and materials, by alternating mother-of-pearl and buffalo horn to form a geometric pattern of modern sensibility. The Art Behind the Narrative
Not pictured- barbecue mashers, "poke small holes" tools like the Whimsicalities brand, glass or kitchen shears and my trusty torch mounted marver that I use all the time. My Favorite Tools
It can carry with it aspects of arbitrariness or domineeringness, or whimsicality or abstractedness.
Welding punked-out, ska, psycho-rap backfilled with wailing metal dirges, Bad Acid Trip surge pedantically from whimsical to venomous in one foul breath.
He plays Poirot with a whimsical humor, a lightness that belies the detective's razor-sharp intellect.
Nonetheless, hobos, like tramps, acquired a reputation for their carefree way of life, their predilection for booze, and a canon of whimsical folk songs and stories.
His writing was often deceptively whimsical, full of surreal creations and semi-fictional characters, but behind the knockabout humour lay some of the sharpest political commentary to be found in the educational press.
She adds, "As the grittiest of the 'Trek's, our show's fabric was interwoven with stories of war, family, loyalty, deception, sexuality, and a dash of whimsicality that both took the edge off and served as a mirror. Gregory Weinkauf: 'Star Trek' Celebrates Its 45th Anniversary in Las Vegas
Similarly, the autumnal, whimsical ‘Drool Collection’ closes out the album with a dense collage of thick guitar and complementing keys.
Miller is known for her whimsical paintings and sculpture, both emanating from her unique take on the Southwest desert.
With his trademark whimsical charm and enamoring banter, we were regaled with anecdotes of truth through power, intelligence beyond faith, conviction for our present system of economics, and sense of pride and nationalism that would cause even the strongest cynics of our American system to shed a tear of pride. The Myths of Free Market Systems | Heretical Ideas Magazine

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