impermanence
Example Sentences
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While you meditate you brood on the impermanence of all things, including yourself, and envision yourself as a corpse, lying out on a bier, all life gone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
But that impermanence is also what makes the holidays so special.
From Salon • Oct. 15, 2025
Dahlia Lithwick: The book is deliberately rooted in this paradox of permanence and impermanence.
From Slate • Sep. 8, 2025
For all the impermanence — packing up and relocating just about every two years — Hutson said his upbringing was in many ways ideal, shaping his outlook to this day.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025
Movement, travel, impermanence, and passing in the night were laws of the tribe.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
