evanescence
Example Sentences
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And when these apparitions vanish, the text’s overriding theme—of life’s evanescence but also its beauty—does finally dovetail with the ghostly images created by the technology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Another cause is the evanescence of serious history curricula in schools, and an ignorance of the honor in service.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
The book’s setting 30-odd years ago comes to dovetail with that age gap’s built-in sense of evanescence.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023
Today, more than 22 years later, as I hear Fred’s name praised to the skies, but in terms rooted in the past tense, the reality of life’s evanescence comes home to me.
From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2021
Here was her evanescence, and it was like dying all over again.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing evanescence
Power Suffix: -escence
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