fleeting expression
Frequency: 6.88.2 per million words
An expression on someone's face that appears and disappears very quickly.
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Examples (10)
- A fleeting expression of sadness crossed her face before she smiled.
- He caught a fleeting expression of doubt in her eyes.
- The child's fleeting expression of confusion quickly turned to understanding.
- There was a fleeting expression of panic on his face when he heard the news.
- She noticed a fleeting expression of annoyance before he composed himself.
- A fleeting expression of joy lit up her features when she saw the surprise.
- The witness described a fleeting expression of fear on the victim's face.
- His fleeting expression of disappointment didn't go unnoticed.
- There was something vulnerable in that fleeting expression of uncertainty.
- The photographer captured a fleeting expression of pure happiness.