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flash in the pan

noun as in momentary success

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Example Sentences

But she assured me that RedState Women is not some flash-in-the-pan effort.

The Huntsman campaign also leveled flash-in-the-pan candidate Herman Cain.

Or a possible flash-in-the pan who two months from now will be just another NBA point guard?

The libertarian septuagenarian outpaced Huntsman, Gingrich, and Iowa flash-in-the-pan Rick Santorum.

Remember the flash-in-the-pan case of Texas Pastor Terry Jones who planned to burn Korans on the ninth anniversary of 9/11?

"Flash-in-the-Pan" suddenly realises the enormous issues depending on him and faints in his trainer's arms.

It was a sudden smite,—one of those flash-in-the-pan, love-at-first-sight affairs.

I can deal with traitors, but these flash-in-the-pan plotters—these shaking, jelly-bodied patriots!

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to flash in the pan, such as: brief success, bugbear, dud, fad, failure, and misfire.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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