fleetingly
Example Sentences
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In the year 1979, smog marked the lives of two Southern California women — one fleetingly, one for her entire career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
True to its Greek name meaning "unstable," it exists only fleetingly in nature.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
Introduced at the Zurich Film Festival a couple of weekends ago, she appeared fleetingly in a two-minute satirical video.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
It’s a phenomenon fleetingly rare among mammals, found only in some primates, bats, and elephant shrews.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024
He imagined fleetingly that he was having a bad case of indigestion, though he had had a heart attack before.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
