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lasting a short time
- But at the last moment, while the crowd still hemmed them in, her hand felt for his and gave it a fleeting squeeze.p. 116.8
- There was no evidence, only fleeting glimpses that might mean anything or nothing: snatches of overheard conversation, faint scribbles on lavatory walls — once, even, when two strangers met, a small movement of the hand which had looked as though it might be a signal of recognition.p. 17.9
- And he did see them, for a fleeting instant, before the scenery of his mind changed.p. 258.3
There are no more uses of "fleeting" in 1984 by Orwell.
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