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Lasting for a markedly brief time.
fugitive
fleeting
momentaneous
short
fugitive
fleeting
momentaneous
1
One son was in the Albany Penitentiary; another a
fugitive
in Canada.
2
Enforcement officials earlier said the
fugitive
was believed to be in China.
3
Retribution followed me; and I long remained a
fugitive
in the land.
4
There was in the first place no mention of the
fugitive
nephew.
5
In me you see a
fugitive
from the wrath of the cardinal.
1
But the gains could be
fleeting
as technical factors point to losses.
2
Fashion is in flux, referencing the past to create a
fleeting
present.
3
I'm struck for a
fleeting
moment by the overwhelming sense of loss.
4
However
fleeting
,
empowerment is what Sank wanted to bestow through these pictures.
5
N ormally my experience of this area of London has been
fleeting
.
1
Whether any man is enabled by his acuteness and experience, to determine all these questions upon
momentaneous
reflection, I cannot decide.
1
Results: Higher reports of
momentary
stress were associated with shortened gestational length.
2
However, living to see these
momentary
highlights would also bring myriad downsides.
3
Yet the stop was
momentary
;
he rose and dashed into the cover.
4
Nor is it a
momentary
absence: it is almost nine weeks now.
5
The coolness was only a
momentary
relief; the heat came right back.
6
The idea of following up their
momentary
contact hardly crossed his mind.
7
The youths parted again, erasing that
momentary
coalescence of forest and sea.
8
But the single,
momentary
error is a suspension of belief too far.
9
We assessed mood to control for possible
momentary
affective influences on cognition.
10
The woman contemplated Bles in
momentary
perplexity, then bowing in turn, left.
11
The respite was
momentary
,
and I employed it in my own defence.
12
A
momentary
regret of his treatment of the boy stirred in him.
13
Then the
momentary
fear passed, and he was able to calm himself.
14
But soon his natural cordiality gained the better of that
momentary
reserve.
15
In her countenance, indeed, was emotion,-unmeasuredsurprise; in her manner,
momentary
indecision.
16
A
momentary
dizziness-perhapscaused by his pain pills, perhaps not-sweepsthrough him.
momentary
momentary silence
momentary pause
only momentary
momentary hesitation
momentary glimpse