He is a brilliant but mercurial man whose thoughts always sprint ahead of the conversation.

He was not a mercurial man, who easily changed his point of view.

Maxwell was impossible to work for, a mercurial man with a monstrous ego.

The normally jolly and mercurial man seemed suddenly overwhelmed with melancholia.

Easler, too, is a mercurial man, known for an evangelical style that is in keeping with his other role as an ordained minister.

A mercurial man, he spoke English without accent and most kindly shared with friends superb seegars.

Jack knew him to be a mercurial man, affable one moment, brittle the next.

Mr. Cage was a soft-spoken, mercurial man who remained keenly interested in new music.

He is one of those extremely mercurial men.

The oldest coach in the league at 64, Bowman remains a mercurial man who keeps people off balance with ever-shifting moods.