Sentence examples for might be fleeting from inspiring English sources

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Which rather suggests any benefit to business might be fleeting.

A few might be fleeting: the cupcake bakeries of 2009.

By day's end, there were signs that the rebel momentum might be fleeting: hundreds of people fled the base, after a rumor that the pro-Qaddafi soldiers were returning.

The comments marked a reversal of his earlier insistence that talks with Pyongyang were "a waste of time" but Democratic critics of the president expressed concern that Trump's apparent conversion to diplomacy might be fleeting and illusory.

While the extra happiness derived from a raise or a winning lottery ticket might be fleeting, studies have found that the happiness people derive from free time or social interaction is less susceptible to comparisons with other people around them.

But Sean L. Yom, a political-science professor at Temple University who studies Middle Eastern governments, said that stability might be fleeting: With some of those monarchies propped up by oil money rather than a love of any royal family, "monarchies are on their way out," Mr. Yom said.

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Any satisfaction you might get will be fleeting; it's not worth being branded as an immature hothead.

It might be a fleeting moment — drinking a cup of coffee on a Sunday morning when the light is especially bright.

It might be a fleeting experience, a state of mind, and moreover, an art gallery, even empty, is never a neutral space.

It's the kind of thing you might do if you thought your fame might be as fleeting as that of most featured vocalists, that this was your only chance.

It's like watching addicts digging a needle into a long-ruined vein: there might be a fleeting twinge of relief from the quick fix, but the net result is a more pernicious addiction to a solution that just does not work.

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