All 5 Uses

fleeting
in
Lock and Key, by Sarah Dessen
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I tried to get a better look at him but only caught a fleeting glimpse before Jamie bolted across the floor, grabbing him in midstream, and then carried him, still dripping, and chucked him out the small flap at the bottom of the French doors facing us.†
Chpt 1

fleeting = lasting a short time
Sometimes at night, I'd wake up with a start, looking over at her sleeping form across the room and feel reassured only fleetingly, knowing that the day would come soon when there would be nothing there at all.†
Chpt 2

fleetingly = in a short or quick manner
I didn't know yet that this was all either of us was capable of: moments together that were great but also fleeting.†
Chpt 3 *

fleeting = lasting a short time
Even missing him was fleeting, like everything else.†
Chpt 3
'Merry Christmas,' I said, and it was this closeness I tried to concentrate on'not that it might be fleeting, a feeling I knew too well'as he leaned down and put his lips to mine, kissing me, as around the corner the party went on without us, noisy and continuous and completely unaware.†
Chpt 13

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