All 3 Uses of
transient
in
Jane Eyre
- Bessie asked if I would have a book: the word BOOK acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver's Travels from the library.†
Chpt 3 *
- And then she would pout like a disappointed child; a pensive cloud would soften her radiant vivacity; she would withdraw her hand hastily from his, and turn in transient petulance from his aspect, at once so heroic and so martyr-like.†
Chpt 32
- Don't cling so tenaciously to ties of the flesh; save your constancy and ardour for an adequate cause; forbear to waste them on trite transient objects.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(transient) lasting a short time
or:
one who stays for only a short time