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fleeting
1. They just stare ahead with those fleeting, guilty eyes that just look away from the truth
2. of silence as if, for a fleeting moment, it was the only silence He had ever heard
3. For a fleeting moment I felt that my new life might just be bearable, but then the truth, as ever, hit home with vengeance
4. Smith loved the Universal Light Programme that fizzed across the unseen radiation waves of His thought, but He loved each and every aspect of silence as if, for a fleeting moment, it was the only silence He had ever heard
5. Love, the fleeting glance that catches hold,
6. The fleeting thought that I wish it were me waiting for my man to come back runs through the back of my mind, closely followed by the memory of my dream at that wayhouse
7. ' He cocked a sorcerer's eyebrow, and with the fleeting smile of one who knows, stood back for me to pass
8. She thinks about running away every time he lets her out of the workhouse, but it’s a fleeting consideration
9. The happiness of the dream is fleeting
10. “And did those feelings then result in a selfless endeavor on your part to put things to rights? Or was it more often than not, a fleeting brush with the feeling which when interrupted by some other event or happenstance soon passed and left only the memory, or trace of an encounter with those feelings? That is the experience of most people
11. She tutted over the fact that a half used roll had been balanced on top of the empty cardboard inner - the two men stood helplessly watching her, a shared glance evidence of a fleeting male camaraderie
12. was a fleeting visit, one that might not be repeated
13. The McCoists? For a fleeting second she believes it, but then the simple truth comes bursting through
14. What was left of him – his paper-thin flesh, and fleeting soul – were the only things keeping it from feeding upon the entire Seventh World
15. I gave one last fleeting glance at the other
16. passed it once quickly and a fleeting glance showed me that Pappi
17. a year or a fleeting moment
18. Ignorance could only ever be the most fleeting bliss
19. But the relief would be most fleeting as the line of conversation took a new turn
20. Visitors, especially on chillier and stormier days like this, were rare and fleeting
21. speaking about momentary and fleeting emotions, but of
22. rare and fleeting moments of clarity of purpose
23. It was how I imagined a wormhole to be, rather than the pitiful and fleeting channel myself and my team had created
24. The only clue in its fleeting telemetry indicated a drastically dilated timescale by the order of at least a billion to one
25. Something appeared for a fleeting few seconds, not matching any known profile, only to vanish as inexplicably as it appeared
26. Not a fleeting glance was spared for his body; instead all eyes were locked onto Raven
27. But if it was there, it was a fleeting thing: gone quickly—replaced by that hard edge of
28. Darkburst's last conscious thoughts were a collection of fleeting images of his mother standing in a clearing deep within Brockenhurst Forest, her head tilted to one side as she listened to the liquid, switt-witt-witt-witt of a goldfinch singing in a nearby tree
29. Vaguely I had one fleeting thought of breaking and running knowing that I could not possibly escape, but, fortunately, the thought was easily forced from my mind
30. For a fleeting moment, I thought I had found a solution to my dilemma, but I rejected it immediately out of fear that while I was asleep they would steal my documents, my weapon and my money
31. In Green Bay, happiness for her was something gained through accruing prestige, promotions and sound financial growth: how hollow, fleeting and insignificant that all now seemed! In Chauita, she’d found happiness that sprang from simply being in this world and sharing time with Truman without the slightest need for pretense or position
32. I tried to convey to them that the surprise is ephemeral and fleeting, it lasts only an instant: it comes and it goes
33. It was but a fleeting thought
34. Linda enjoyed being held in Steve's arms and for one fleeting moment, she wanted Steve to kiss her wanting lips
35. But these fleeting skirmishes were as nothing compared to what came next
36. He lifted himself from her and ran fleeting scrapes of his fingertips the length of her body
37. But that was only a fleeting impression, for when she touched her belly and felt her unborn child still soundly and safely asleep, her smile was like heavenly orchards that grew and bore ripe honey-sweet fruit in the blink of an eye
38. “Please cousin,” Raul said, noticing the fleeting look, “use your head! That’s my friend out there
39. He looked at the ground reflectively with a fleeting sadness worn on his face
40. It would be nice to recapture some of those feelings, if only in the most fleeting sense
41. The doctor lit the cigarette and stared outside the window, even though there was nothing to see but dark, pouring rain and a circus of fleeting, random shadows
42. “Triple the usual,” said Adu casually, casting a fleeting gaze at Ethan who repeated his question, this time a lot more convincingly:
43. For a fleeting moment, he considered leaving Aidme rather than don the bulky spacesuit once more; unfortunately, his need for the generator and motor left him with no choice
44. A mild curiosity of long standing, whetted by the more current reportage of their opposition to Saddam Hussein following the first Gulf War, was probably why the article held me to more than just a short fleeting perusal
45. and value of the fleeting seconds
46. The image is fleeting, and it could be my imagination, not a memory
47. A fleeting thought shot through his brain…was
48. Jason recalled Kosmo’s fleeting reference once to his term in a Russian work camp when he was young
49. ” With a fleeting glance, Barret
50. relationships throughout his life, none really serious, just fleeting flings with women from
