fleeting
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- fleetingly adverb
- fleetingness noun
- unfleeting adjective
Etymology
Origin of fleeting
Example Sentences
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What I've come to accept is that these moments are fleeting and that's beautiful in itself.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
The flight-to-safety bid for the dollar that is helping to undermine the yen could also be fleeting, some analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 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
I watch as the fleeting flash of bright blue skims the surface of the river and is gone.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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