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

Middle Eastern intermediators have been racing for days to get talks going to end the war, but said the gaps between the parties remain enormous and that progress remains fleeting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 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

“Power is fleeting, and at some point the shoe will always be on the other foot,” Texas Sen. John Cornyn said in January 2022.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

How fleeting are the wishes and efforts of man! how short his time! and consequently how poor will his products be, compared with those accumulated by nature....

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly