fickle

Example Sentences

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In fairness to Trump, the public can be fickle.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

Two decades later, that fickle through line carries on.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 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

So that's the thing, it's quite a fickle game, World Cups, especially T20 World Cups.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

Speaking in short, matter-of-fact phrases, they worry aloud over the fickle weather and fields of sunflowers still too wet to cut, while above their heads Ross Perot’s sneering visage flickers across a silent television screen.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer