fleeting
Example Sentences
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What I've come to accept is that these moments are fleeting and that's beautiful in itself.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
As the obstacles mount against Kornev, his paranoia grows, leading to fleeting moments of surrealism.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The flight-to-safety bid for the dollar that is helping to undermine the yen could also be fleeting, some analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
“All of this suggests that the Fed’s inflation worries extend beyond weathering a fleeting wave of one-off price hikes associated with tariffs and, more recently, an energy price spike,” Stanley says.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Cars honked and shoved busily past, sending out fleeting excerpts of whatever hot new single was getting overplayed on the radio.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
Vocabulary lists containing fleeting
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