transience
Example Sentences
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These days, the transience of “Spiral Jetty” reads like an early warning of climate chaos.
The bond between Noah and Allie is a prism through which to experience both the transience and the permanence of what matters most to us in life.
From Los Angeles Times
The chair indicates “throne,” the austere clock adds a symbolic note of sober timeliness, as well as intimating life’s inevitable transience.
From Los Angeles Times
The instrumental music is often skeletal, with an ensemble consisting almost entirely of plucked instruments, their quick decays a reminder of transience.
From New York Times
In the light of this transience, he states the best course is to “do everything as if it were the last thing you were doing in your life.”
From National Geographic
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
