ephemeral
Example Sentences
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It’s bathed in sunlight that only occasionally shines on an ephemeral memory, revealing that the recollection is laced with as much honest love as regret.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
Called High Performance, it would become one of a handful of magazines in Los Angeles at the time that documented ephemeral art and functioned as an alternative space for performance artists.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
The rainbow, however ephemeral, provides more than a grace note.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
And the chair would be something worthy of as much lunch discussion as any horrific international crisis or ephemeral gossip.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
Compared to a star, we are like mayflies, fleeting ephemeral creatures who live out their whole lives in the course of a single day.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing ephemeral
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