How to Use fickle in a Sentence

fickle

adjective
  • He blames poor sales on fickle consumers.
  • But the thing about track and field is it’s a very fickle sport.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 10 May 2022
  • The fate of Jews lies in the fickle hands of government.
    David Wolpe, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The hot acts change quickly and the fanbase is young and fickle.
    August Brown, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2019
  • And this brings us back to the fickle nature of football fans.
    SI.com, 8 July 2018
  • Whom to sell to once fickle fashionistas have moved on to the next trend?
    The Economist, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The world is very fickle, but this one just is a total hit.
    Carrie Wittmer, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The mind of the pop culture collective is fickle like that.
    WIRED, 28 July 2023
  • The process of getting to the game has proved to him these moments are fleeting and fickle.
    Kevin Reynolds, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2021
  • But baseball can be a fickle game, and the fates can spin faster than the best curveball.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 27 Oct. 2021
  • No surprise fickle fans are putting all the blame on Wentz.
    Rob Maaddi, Star Tribune, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Crypto has proven to be a fickle suitor for chip makers in the past.
    Jacky Wong, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Ah, looks like the flying fickle finger of fate came back to haunt her.
    Barbara Hijek, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 May 2017
  • Then again, the future can be fickle in the minor leagues with roster turnover the norm.
    Steve T. Gorches, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 May 2018
  • The music business can be fickle and unfair, but so is the world.
    Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Then, the fickle weather gods must smile on the enterprise.
    Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Fame is fleeting and fickle, and all of us have seen people get burned by it.
    Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 May 2023
  • Fashion is fickle, but the ugly-chic shoe has been all the rage for years now.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 2 June 2022
  • The world can be very fickle and not welcoming and unkind.
    Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2020
  • The cycling world can be a fickle one, so use that to your advantage.
    Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 2 June 2022
  • The memories of football fans can be very fickle things.
    SI.com, 8 July 2018
  • Ad placements are fickle things and can be added or pulled at almost any time.
    John McCormick, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Surf conditions can be fickle, day by day and hour by hour, at the best breaks on the globe.
    New York Times, 20 July 2021
  • But both sources of energy are fickle: winds abate; clouds block the sun.
    The Economist, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Consumers tend to be fickle and try lots of different things.
    Julie Creswell, New York Times, 25 May 2018
  • Nature can be fickle and fields sometimes get picked out before new fruit is ready.
    Kathleen Purvis and Gavin Off, charlotteobserver, 26 May 2017
  • This type of yeast is less fickle and will guarantee great results.
    Kristen Massad, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2021
  • But fortune can be a fickle mistress on election night.
    Julia Wickstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Everything is iffy and fickle, and so much has happened.
    Dallas News, 31 July 2020
  • Even among the fictional undead, young love can be fickle.
    Washington Post, 22 July 2021

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