fleeting

Example Sentences

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Against Chisora there were fleeting reminders of the fighter who once terrified the division.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 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

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

“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

Pim always acts like the elderly father who once had the same fleeting impulses, but who can no longer relate to me as a friend, no matter how hard he tries.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank