How to Use flash in the pan in a Sentence

flash in the pan

noun phrase
  • And yet, this is no flash in the pan.
    — Nick Hendry, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Now, the Wild must make sure this wasn’t a flash in the pan.
    — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 18 May 2026
  • None of them, to my eye, looks like a flash in the pan, either.
    — James Mirtle, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • This industry shift is not a flash in the pan.
    — Thomas Andersen, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
  • This European surge isn't just a flash in the pan.
    — Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • What Brunson is doing isn’t a flash in the pan or a cute moment for small guards.
    — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Is this a sustainable model for success or simply a flash in the pan?
    — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Whether the improved results were a flash in the pan or are sustainable remains to be seen.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For smaller markets, new restaurants are not just another flash in the pan.
    — Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Mar. 2026
  • In 1996, the internet was dismissed as a flash in the pan.
    — New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2026
  • If nothing else, the King’s brief reign was a spectacular, madcap flash in the pan.
    — Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2026
  • Like many big-name free-agent signings, that breakout season could prove to be a flash in the pan, but so far, Williams has looked the part.
    — Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Or will Sora 2 just be a flash in the pan that fails to weaken Meta’s social media supremacy?
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
  • But the Mavericks are no flash in the pan; their string of victories has been built on the foundation of success in recent seasons.
    — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Already, the long tail of memes inspired by his performance suggest that what could have been a flash in the pan — or yet another Drake diss — has sparked a wildfire.
    — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Her senior year was spent navigating classes while plotting her next career move, determined to become more than just another flash in the pan viral star.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
  • After finishing fourth in the Rookie of the Year voting in 2023-24, Jaquez backslid last season, raising questions about whether his impressive debut was a flash in the pan.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Asylum Cemented Disturbed’s Staying Power Asylum was another feather in Disturbed’s cap and proof the group was not a flash in the pan, as some metal-leaning acts from that era turned out to be.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Most bands’ B-sides were random live tracks, extraneous remixes, or goofing off in the studio — and Oasis did engage in a bit of that — but Oasis also famously burned off a number of instant classics as B-sides as if to prove this band was definitely no flash in the pan.
    — Jesse Adams, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025

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