fleeting
Example Sentences
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What will the next scan bring when it comes to a treatment, surgery, or side effect that means this healthy, happy moment was fleeting?
From Slate • May 6, 2026
For a few fleeting days each year, India's often-shunned transgender community is welcomed and revered at a festival that is at once sacred ritual, celebration, and a refuge.
From Barron's • May 3, 2026
A 2018 Vanity Fair feature about the downfall of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein contained a fleeting detail about two statuettes that the Weinstein Company won back-to-back for The King's Speech and The Artist.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
A lot of these moments are just small fleeting moments.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
When she was seventeen, she had made a fleeting effort to get her GED.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing fleeting
Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 1
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