How to Use mercurial in a Sentence

mercurial

adjective
  • Tatis can be mercurial at the plate.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Thanks to his psalter and other books, the mercurial monarch’s thoughts are still very much alive.
    — V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The award for most mercurial, though?
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Or the mercurial weather, which has driven so many from the state.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Stars like Keaton and Redford were messy, mercurial, alive — and that was the point.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Neither one of us is very mercurial, and things somehow happened to get taken care of.
    — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Mary was mercurial and quick to violence.
    — Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Jamie is mercurial in the way everybody in Mammals wants to be or, by laws of nature, should be.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Twitter, which hadn’t put itself up for sale to begin with, is now taking a mercurial would-be owner to court.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 12 July 2022
  • But for all of his achievements at the plate, the mercurial outfielder was not without his share of outlandish moments.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Soon the dolphins are everywhere, dancing across our field of vision, mercurial and swift.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Twitter’s mercurial new boss may be out the door after less than two months on the job, if results of a Twitter poll go against him.
    — David Goldman, CNN, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Villanelle is a very talented killer, mercurial in mood, who clings to the luxuries her job affords her.
    — Toby Grey, BGR, 16 Sep. 2022
  • For the leaders who oversee and work with these funds, this past summer was grueling and mercurial, yet in many ways still hopeful.
    — Madison Feller, ELLE, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Those extremes were reflective of Brenner's mercurial nature on and off the field for the club.
    — The Enquirer, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Also, gone are the days when a GM could take a risk and provide a gap year for a talented yet mercurial prospect.
    — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Ironically, the roots of the tension between fans and the estate go back to the mercurial man himself.
    — Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The mercurial chef was a stern taskmaster who demanded the absolute best from everyone who worked for him.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • That may be that Threads is not under the thumb of the right-leaning, mercurial mega-billionaire Musk.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 July 2023
  • And who better to play a moody, mercurial Bruce than Jeremy Allen White?
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The mercurial wide receiver has been at the center of storylines around the Chiefs all season long.
    — Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • There’s a new wrinkle in the six-month-plus saga of Elon Musk’s mercurial attempt to buy Twitter.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Two years prior, the mercurial singer had been booked at the same festival but cancelled due to a medical emergency.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But Fritz is far less mercurial and far more reliable, which counts for more than fans assume when Grand Slams get tight.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • The mercurial billionaire has made only the vaguest of public statements about his plans for the company and its products.
    — Kevin Roose, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2022
  • In recent years, the mercurial superstar has faced a number of public and legal dramas.
    — Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The misconception that managers don’t matter seems to come from a mistrust of anything mercurial.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
  • His first three features are among the most mercurial dashes from the starting gates of any Hollywood director of the time.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Second, as the roller-coaster weekend demonstrates, Trump is mercurial.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
  • Sebastian brings a mercurial, dangerous energy to his role and Justice breaks your heart in the best way.
    — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023

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