passing fancy
Example Sentences
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We all know that any right-thinking person wants to please his, her or their partner, friend, passing fancy or recent acquaintance.
From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2021
She always thought of it as some type of passing fancy and then one day I would go and get a "real job."
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2021
I can see why you’d assume a 4-year-old’s commitment to vegetarianism would be a passing fancy.
From Slate • Jan. 28, 2020
“There are sceptics as to whether this is a passing fancy … or whether this is a beginning, a serious commitment. I hope and I believe that something different is happening.”
From The Guardian • May 12, 2016
It was dismaying to be chosen like a new bauble and then forgotten, a mere passing fancy.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
