impermanent

Example Sentences

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He’s rough-hewn, simple, hardworking, not immune to the impermanent nature of the world but brought up short when that world goes awry; Mr. Edgerton has to give emotional depth to a laconic character.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Second, once achieved, manhood status is tenuous and impermanent; that is, it can be lost or taken away.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025

Los Angeles, like its residents, is impermanent, always shape-shifting, always on the verge of becoming something else.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2024

His answer is what he calls “Precarious Sculpture,” proliferating jumbles of lumpen objects made from common, impermanent stuff, as if refusing to play by the elitist rules of enduring art.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Despite the size and solidity of the building, it feels impermanent, populated by a constant stream of guests and travelers on their way to and from other locations.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern