fleeting

Example Sentences

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"Everyone's guard is down, and everyone's equally vulnerable. There's all these little snippets of conversation and fleeting, really intense, connections."

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

The problem, apart from perennial budget pressures, is that interest in election mechanics — a technical and arcane subject if ever there was one — is episodic and fleeting.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

But their message—the Ozymandian nature of consumer goods—is like a nicotine hit: quickly and easily processed, enjoyable for a fleeting moment, but ultimately unsatisfying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Baseball is fleeting, a bit of good-hearted nationalism doubly so.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

Simply put, Washington had developed a view of both personal and national independence that was completely immune to sentimental attachments or fleeting ideological enthusiasms.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis