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

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

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2025

By all measures, this is a movie that needs to do well, even for a studio that prides itself on the impermanence of its properties.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2025

It's easy to see how the song's messages of impermanence and regret have been adapted to express the loss they've experienced over the last week.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

In the Bronx, the idea of life’s impermanence underlined everything for kids my age—it drove some of us to a paralyzing apathy, stopped us from even thinking too far into the future.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore