Sentence examples for fleeting thing from inspiring English sources

Opportunity can be a fleeting thing.

It was only a fleeting thing.

In the N.F.L., confidence is a fleeting thing.

When it comes to outer space, resemblance is often a fleeting thing.

I have a bookshelf where I keep you under lock and key, because your work is such a fleeting thing.

In many sectors, high profit margins are a fleeting thing — just ask yellow-pages publishers, or record-store clerks.

But onstage dedications are fleeting things.

All food writing is a way to pin down "a few of the fleeting things of this world".

Your peace and contentment will wait patiently for you in the depths of your own heart while you base your happiness on fleeting things.

At that moment, King Solomon realizes that his wisdom, tremendous wealth, and power are fleeting things, for one day he will be nothing but dust".

When it was over, most agreed that the ballot controversy was a fleeting affair, especially when compared with things above.