fugacious

How To Use fugacious In A Sentence

• In the fragile and fugacious extent of life, Li Ming has been trying to reach that eternity.
• Statues of the deities in Rome were nearly all coloured; and they received a fresh coat of vermilion -- which, although it was the hue of divinity, was extremely fugacious -- on anniversary occasions or in times of great national rejoicing. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood
• As soon as the stamens become exposed, the calyx falls, and in a short time -- a few hours -- the fugacious anthers disappear, to be followed only Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.
• Their happy day, however, is soon over; their fugacious petals shrivel in three or four days. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.
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• While Clinton's supporters abandon her, her campaign points to fugacious polls – which should the super delegates pay attantion to?? Clinton adviser makes superdelegate pitch
• So far, indeed, are the loyal persons composing this regiment from seeking to avoid the presence of their late owners, that they are now, one and all, working with remarkable industry to place themselves in a position to go in full and effective pursuit of their fugacious and traitorous proprietors. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens
• The shortness of the twilight frequently leaves the fugacious planet, Mercury, so seldom seen at the north, in distinct view. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
• They are very fugacious, and now and then apparently absent.
• Rather it is hoped that the haecceity of this enchiridion of arcane and recondite sesquipedalian items will appeal to the oniomania of an eximious Gemeinschaft whose legerity and sophrosyne, whose Sprachgefühl and orexis will find more than fugacious fulfillment among its felicific pages. Languagehat.com