fleeting

Example Sentences

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What I've come to accept is that these moments are fleeting and that's beautiful in itself.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

But their message—the Ozymandian nature of consumer goods—is like a nicotine hit: quickly and easily processed, enjoyable for a fleeting moment, but ultimately unsatisfying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“All of this suggests that the Fed’s inflation worries extend beyond weathering a fleeting wave of one-off price hikes associated with tariffs and, more recently, an energy price spike,” Stanley says.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Baseball is fleeting, a bit of good-hearted nationalism doubly so.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

A giraffe, with its stretched-out neck, caught my fleeting glance.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat