They stamped their occupants as of transitory and Fluctuant character; good people might live in them, and did, as good people sometimes boarded; but they could not be regarded as forming a social base, except in rare instances.
"April Hopes"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009
China is to-day in transformation-Fluctuant, far-reaching, limited only by the capacity of a singularly excitable people to absorb new ideas.
"The Critic in the Orient"
George Hamlin Fitch
The quest of what abides in a Fluctuant world as the binding thread of human history.
"Manhood of Humanity."
Alfred Korzybski