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
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
The problem, apart from perennial budget pressures, is that interest in election mechanics — a technical and arcane subject if ever there was one — is episodic and fleeting.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 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
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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