impermanence
Example Sentences
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England have described the arrangement for the second Test as "interim", and its impermanence seems important.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
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
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
In the Bronx, the idea of life’s impermanence underlined everything for kids my age—it drove some of us to a paralyzing apathy, stopped us from even thinking too far into the future.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
