fickle

Example Sentences

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The MLB playoffs are notoriously fickle and subject to randomness that prevents dynasties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

He’s also had to learn to quit setting expectations for audiences, which are inherently fickle.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

In fairness to Trump, the public can be fickle.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

Early spring can be a very fickle time of year with wild swings of weather and temperatures.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

The average species on Earth lasts for only about four million years, so if you wish to be around for billions of years, you must be as fickle as the atoms that made you.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson