1.   Sergeant Bramble allowed himself the luxury of a fleeting smile.

2.   Wynne-Jones said, a fleeting smile on his lips.

3.   He smiled a fleeting smile, carefully surveying her as she rose to her feet.

4.   Then he smiled a fleeting smile.

5.   Casting a fleeting smile at the woman in the bed, she moved towards the door.

6.   But the short, solidly built man, whose intense demeanor was eased by fleeting smiles, said he was sure the boy would eventually come home.

7.   The fleeting smile of Som Rasmey is still disconcertingly beautiful.

8.   In the fetid slums of Lagos, voter after voter marked a thumbprint with a fleeting smile before casting their presidential ballots, as if hoping it really mattered.