impermanence

Example Sentences

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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

But that impermanence is also what makes the holidays so special.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2025

Dahlia Lithwick: The book is deliberately rooted in this paradox of permanence and impermanence.

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2025

In one of his film’s most moving segments, Martha and Ingrid spend an evening watching “The Dead,” celebrated director John Huston’s swan song, based on James Joyce’s haunting story about the impermanence of everything.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2025

Movement, travel, impermanence, and passing in the night were laws of the tribe.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy