fickle
Example Sentences
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The weather in early spring can be fickle in the UK.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
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
New kinds of screens, much smaller than theater screens, had seduced the fickle eyes of Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
Fed by neither streams nor springs, the lake was often filthy and algaed, relying on fickle prairie rains for replenishment.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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