impermanent

Example Sentences

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Trusting passion means you invest in two impermanent things: newness and physical appearance.

From Washington Post

It might also be a reason we should endeavor to live more easily with artworks, allowing them to be the impermanent objects they are.

From New York Times

An expanding industry built on informal and impermanent housing is a reflection of the precariousness that increasingly defines daily life for millions of Americans.

From New York Times

"Second, once achieved, manhood status is tenuous and impermanent; that is, it can be lost or taken away. Third, manhood is confirmed primarily by others and thus requires public demonstrations of proof."

From Salon

And yet their presence — however fickle, impermanent, haphazard — is a vote of confidence in our lonely stroll through unfamiliar streets.

From Washington Post