A nine-day wonder lasts only a couple of days now; they wear out faster than they did when I was a kid.

It was a nine-day wonder, his vanquishment on the battlefield of love.

"As he goes from sort of the nine-day wonder to a president, he has to make himself a credible figure," Dr. Olcott said.

It was quite the nine-day wonder, and once the subject had been introduced, one thing led to another.

Will it be a nine-day wonder?

An unsealed door in active use would be a nine-day wonder.

I remembered the Huberman scandal; it had been the nine-day wonder tabloid editors dream about.

Any hopes they'd had of Rosie's death being a nine-day wonder were dashed by the newspaper coverage of the funeral.

It had been loudly proclaimed and was the latest nine-day wonder in the monotony of travel.

Well, that story ought to be a nine-day wonder.