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existing only for a short time- Her fame was ephemeral.
ephemeral = existing only for a short time
- Her enthusiasm was as ephemeral as the morning mist.
- She could barely remember the ephemeral joys of childhood.
- It was nothing but an ephemeral dream.
- it was all as ephemeral as a rainbowVirginia Woolf -- To the Lighthouse
- What are these elusive and ephemeral things that ignite passion in the human heart?Martin Sage and Sybil Adelman -- Northern Exposure (TV sitcom), The Bumpy Road to Love (1991 episode)
- ...contemplating with regret ... the ephemeral splendor of another afternoon that would never return.Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- Love in the Time of Cholera
- the ephemeral flowerAlexandre Dumas -- The Three Musketeers
- a lot of people were concerned with ... the ephemeral nature of things.Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
- He had so long since ceased to direct his course towards any ideal goal, and had confined himself to the pursuit of ephemeral satisfactions,Marcel Proust -- Swann's Way
- But I am aware of our ephemeral passage.Virginia Woolf -- The Waves
- In fact, if there could be any hope, it would be very ephemeral,Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- Crime and Punishment
- Nicolas was also close to the little girl's heart, but there was something ephemeral and volatile about him.Isabel Allende -- The House of Spirits
- In a soft voice, Lifaen said, "Once we were like you, bright, fleeting, and as ephemeral as the morning dew."Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
- For some reason Meg felt that Mrs Which, despite her looks and ephemeral broomstick, was someone in whom one could put complete trust.Madeleine L'Engle -- A Wrinkle in Time
- ...the floor produced an ephemeral optical illusion...Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
- For how can we condemn something that is ephemeral, in transit?Milan Kundera -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- And, of course, the most famous apparition of all, reported numerous times in the Capitol basement—an ephemeral black cat that prowled the substructure's eerie maze of narrow passageways and cubicles.Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
- Her companion, also in black, appeared as a well-formed young woman about eighteen, completely possessed of that ephemeral precious essence youth, which is itself beauty, irrespective of complexion or contour.Thomas Hardy -- The Mayor of Casterbridge
- Her beauty itself was not the mere ephemeral possession it might have been in the hands of inexperience: her skill in enhancing it, the care she took of it, the use she made of it, seemed to give it a kind of permanence.Edith Wharton -- The House of Mirth
ephemeral = existing only for a short time
ephemeral = existing only for a short time
ephemeral = existing only for a short time
ephemeral = existing only for a short time
ephemeral = existing only for a short time
ephemeral = existing only for a short time
ephemeral = lasting only for a short time
ephemeral = existing only for a short time
ephemeral = existing only for a short time
ephemeral = existing only for a short time
ephemeral = lasting only for a short time
ephemeral = existing only for a short time
ephemeral = existing only for a short time
ephemeral = existing only for a short time
ephemeral = lasting only for a short time