fleetingly
Example Sentences
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True to its Greek name meaning "unstable," it exists only fleetingly in nature.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
Introduced at the Zurich Film Festival a couple of weekends ago, she appeared fleetingly in a two-minute satirical video.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
The husbands, usually dressed in suits as they leave for work or take business calls, appear fleetingly in the first episode.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025
Micklethwait said that the Chicago club had invited Harris — whom Trump mentioned only fleetingly — to participate in a similar conversation, but she had “declined so far.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024
They reminded me fleetingly of prisoners carrying their leg irons as they escaped from a chain gang.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
