Examples of 'flash in the pan' in a sentence

Meaning of "flash in the pan"

flash in the pan - a term used to describe something or someone that initially shows great potential or success, but ultimately fails to deliver or maintain that level of achievement. It suggests a short-lived or temporary moment of brilliance or success
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  • A transient occurrence with no long-term effect.
  • A career notable for early success not followed by significant accomplishment.

How to use "flash in the pan" in a sentence

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flash in the pan
A flash in the pan but still a star.
But that was a flash in the pan.
Dbz is a flash in the pan that will come and go before you know it.
You are not just a flash in the pan.
You flash in the pan.
His anger is like a flash in the pan.
Or a flash in the pan.
Your outrage is just a flash in the pan.
He may be a flash in the pan for all we know.
This preaching was not a flash in the pan.
Just a flash in the pan.
Do not let your meeting be a flash in the pan.
Not a flash in the pan.
Little untalented and ungrateful flash in the pan.
He was a flash in the pan.

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The future will tell us if he is a flash in the pan.
You are a flash in the pan.
That was when we thought this was going to be a flash in the pan.
Do not be a flash in the pan.
We can distinguish a relevant trend from a flash in the pan.
This is no flash in the pan.
As soon as we are sure you are not just a flash in the pan.
Your efforts may seem like a flash in the pan if the curtains are not proper.
After we are sure you are not just a flash in the pan.
Just a flash in the pan of Manhattan.
More than just a flash in the pan.
It was a flash in the pan and no one got knifed!
Angry is just a flash in the pan.
It was a flash in the pan and no one got knifed! Like people do.
Einstein was a flash in the pan.
Unfortunately, the reality may be that you will wind up with a flash in the pan.
That were no flash in the pan.
Absence is the best way to distinguish real love from a flash in the pan.
The day of the Flash in the Pan was postponed time after time.
This fine zeal is merely a flash in the pan.
Or do I want to be a flash in the pan and ride in limos for a week?
It might have been only a flash in the pan.
Flash in the pan - Meaning Something which disappoints by being over too quickly.
It looks like a flash in the pan.
A flash in the pan and then it 's over.
Your indignation is a flash in the pan.
Flash in the pan jewelry, it's not going to be.
It is neither new or a flash in the pan.
A flash in the pan romance like ours should end with fireworks, no?
Good bands are often a flash in the pan.
Flash in the pan or sustainability? Business idea or business plan?
It was a classic flash in the pan.
The future will tell us if it is not just a flash in the pan.
Homer, you were just a flash in the pan in old Manhattan.
Has to back it up his performance not a flash in the pan.

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