fleeting moment

collocation in English

meaningsoffleetingandmoment

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fleeting
adjective
uk
/ˈfliː.tɪŋ/us
/ˈfliː.t̬ɪŋ/
short ...
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moment
noun
uk
/ˈməʊ.mənt/us
/ˈmoʊ.mənt/
a very short period ...
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(Definition offleetingandmomentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffleeting moment

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For afleetingmoment, one could capture a state of congruence between self and world.
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The impact, more or less, of eachfleetingmomentis held in the perceiver's memory.
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This was a sleight of body, afleetingmomentin a storm of actions.
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She looks at them with a strong sense of purpose and in thatfleetingmomentof transition the ensemble's sound has changed.
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Those seemed to be the undertones for afleetingmoment.
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We ought to seize thisfleetingmoment; we always lose everything by misjudging time.
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It seems that ourfleetingmomentof agreement is at an end.
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It was for only a brief andfleetingmomentthat the principle of compensation was accepted.
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There was a temptation at least for afleetingmomentthis morning to accept the amendments.
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The time may well come this autumn when we shall have perhaps afleetingmomentof opportunity for this generation to render a great service to our nation.
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To do so, she drew her pieces entirely with the numbers of the clock, 112, to signify the fourth dimension in afleetingmoment.
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The blurred, hazy sense of color and shadow in this work similarly place the viewer in afleetingmoment.
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It recreates the impression of a panorama, capturing thefleetingmomentin its inner light and color.
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Even from thisfleetingmomentof independence democracy began to unravel.
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It must not be just afleetingmomentbut a physical bond between the varying events in life.
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Only at dusk and dawn of each day can they see each other in human form for onefleetingmoment, but they can never touch.
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The time-sensitive approach encourages the audience to look away for afleetingmoment, so that the sleight or move may be accomplished undetected.
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Photography has gone from being a luxury medium of communication and sharing to more of afleetingmomentin time.
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Corresponding to the stamp of thefleetingmoment, each of his paintings is a unique, move away from the other.
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Afleetingmomentof mercy on the part of a powerful immortal meant that she was saved from the pyre, but her charred soul had died that night anyway.
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