All 3 Uses of
ephemeral
in
The Return of the Native
- These tinctured the silent bosom of the clouds above them and lit up their ephemeral caves, which seemed thenceforth to become scalding caldrons.†
Chpt 1
- BOOK SECOND THE ARRIVAL I Tidings of the Comer On fine days at this time of the year, and earlier, certain ephemeral operations were apt to disturb, in their trifling way, the majestic calm of Egdon Heath.†
Chpt 2
- As is usual with bright natures, the deity that lies ignominiously chained within an ephemeral human carcase shone out of him like a ray.
Chpt 2 *ephemeral = existing only for a short time
Definition:
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(ephemeral) existing only for a short time