mercurial

Example Sentences

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Chelsea's Cole Palmer showed his quality with a goal in the Euro 2024 final in Berlin and has the sort of mercurial talent that could give England an X-factor in the World Cup.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The mercurial striker last played for his country in October 2023.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Master of the trivela, lover of a rabona - mercurial and erratic, but show-stoppingly skilful.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

As Cassio, both Jake Roxander and Andrew Robare were notably cocky and mercurial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

In Lagos, the harmattan was a mere veil of haze, but in Nsukka, it was a raging, mercurial presence; the mornings were crisp, the afternoons ashen with heat, and the nights unknown.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie