fleeting
Example Sentences
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In a fleeting survey of keyboard revolutionaries, she sets the stage for Sun Ra’s experimental journeys into the musical beyond.
He dabbed at it and smiled fleetingly out from the screen.
From Literature
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It's a celebration of memes and fleeting moments that make up just one slice of Chinese life.
From BBC
For Toruño, that fleeting moment is enough: a conversation started, a community reflected, a public prayer left in plain sight.
From Los Angeles Times
“But it sneaks up on you. These guys have this fleeting moment of connection.”
From Los Angeles Times
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