Sentence examples for fleeting enthusiasm from inspiring English sources
Here the two historical characters step in; Sarah Bernhardt, with her fleeting enthusiasm for ballooning and Fred Burnaby, a member of the Council of the Aeronautical Society, who in the fictional second part of the book, Barnes manipulates into a love affair.
Some Iranian extremists believe that an Israeli strike would give Irans regime a surge in nationalistic popularity (but even if that happened, it would be as fleeting as the enthusiasm that greeted Argentinas decision 30 years ago to seize the Falkland Islands from Britain).
European officials are rightly wary of being seen to capitalise on any fleeting sports-related Euro-enthusiasm.
It relied on a media apparatus whose enthusiasm would prove fleeting.
While there could be some setbacks along the way this time, too, investors suggested that the enthusiasm may not be fleeting.
However, internal promotions don't have the flash of bringing in a well-regarded, widely known executive from another firm, even though there is evidence to suggest that the shareholder enthusiasm that accompanies such hires is often fleeting.
Desai's enthusiasm for each alternative, however, seemed limited and fleeting — as if he recognized that his contradictory desires were never going to be fully resolved.
Manet's enthusiasm for classical Spanish painting proved to be a fleeting fashion in nineteenth-century Paris, where its novelty was soon mooted by Impressionism's wholesale rejection of academic subjects and techniques.
Successes are often fleeting.
