Example Sentences

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Fleetingly does the Celtic manager single out a player, but he did so again with Maeda, and indeed the goal he had chalked off, which he believes was the wrong call.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024

Fleetingly, I debated getting some cash out, but decided this would be jinxing things.

From The Guardian • May 5, 2020

Fleetingly, he was able to see the device strapped to Khan.

From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2020

Fleetingly, we get a glimpse of his potential for greatness as a president.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2016

Fleetingly, and for the first time since he’d found himself champion, he saw again that image of himself, raising the Triwizard Cup in front of the rest of the school.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling