mercurial

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Isolde is a mercurial character, and Ms. Davidsen expressed her simmering rage, her girlish flirtatiousness, and her serenity in the “Liebestod.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

In recent years, the mercurial superstar has faced a number of public and legal dramas.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Still, China is treading carefully because one of the biggest calculations for them is the mercurial US president, who is due to arrive for a much-awaited meeting later this month.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

A battle raged between two titans: the professor Booker T. Washington and the brilliant, mercurial, and quarrelsome W. E. B. Du Bois.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson