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Six example sentences with mercurial, each labelled with its topic.
The conductor is mercurial, warm through the first movement and furious by the time the brass enters late.
Music
Her mercurial character laughs through one scene and refuses to speak in the next, which unsettles everyone at the table.
Movies
My training partner is mercurial: some mornings he adds weight to every set, other mornings he leaves after ten minutes.
Fitness
The forward is mercurial, joking through warmups one night and refusing to speak to anyone on the bench the next.
Basketball
Working for a mercurial founder meant a plan praised on Monday could be scrapped angrily by Wednesday.
Startups
The poet's mercurial temper fills his letters, which swing from delight to despair within a single page.
Literature
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