fickle
Example Sentences
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Working with stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, director Kristoffer Borgli is less interested in matters of compatibility than the fickle calculus of cancellation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
In short, March is a month of contrasts, and its ever-changing conditions are what give it the reputation of being truly fickle.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
In fairness to Trump, the public can be fickle.
From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026
The 85-year-old label, tagged by the Observer as once being “synonymous with a particularly milquetoast suburban sensibility,” today posts fast-growing sales among famously fickle Gen Z shoppers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
Her vision was fickle and wild as the sea, and it had already failed her once today.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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