a flash in the pan in a sentence

Examples

1. We are not looking for a flash in the pan.
2. Choate said he thought the whole creation-evolution controversy was a flash in the pan.
3. Still, recent gains haven't been a flash in the pan.
4. In 1974 Cork proved that their success was not a flash in the pan.
5. Time will tell whether this is a watershed or a flash in the pan,
6. But no one is publicly proclaiming that Syncrude is a flash in the pan.
7. Wasn't it sort of a flash in the pan 50 to 60 years ago?
8. I don't want to be a flash in the pan.
9. A flash in the pan or a real title contender?
10. Sometimes a flash in the pan is a good thing.