ephemeral
Example Sentences
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It contrasts the small “makeshift consolations” of our ephemeral human-scale lives—a shared cigarette, a game of cards—with the grand forces of progress.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Many are ephemeral; fleeting leaf sculptures that blow away into the forest or giant snowballs placed in the city of London which melted to disclose sticks and stones.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
The courts have yet to rule on tariffs and impoundments, and those “savings” could prove ephemeral.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
In the meantime Wicks, who hopes to stage a show later this year that intermixes dance with tarot themes, has created an experience that uses modern augmented reality technology and yet feels ephemeral.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
She thought about how ephemeral life was, about not choosing misery.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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