ephemerality
noun
ephem·er·al·i·ty
i-ˌfe-mə-ˈra-lə-tē 
-ˌfē-
plural ephemeralities
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: the quality or state of being ephemeral
Examples of ephemerality in a Sentence
a poem about the ephemerality of beauty
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The statistic is notoriously volatile, and averaging such a short period only exacerbates its ephemerality.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
Flowers are often emblems of ephemerality and mortality, as in the vanitas paintings so common in 17th-century Europe, where elaborate bouquets were often paired with skulls, fruit, and other reminders that blooming and decaying, life and death, are inseparable.
—Rebecca Solnit
october 19, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2021
Mohammadi works with materials that disintegrate, for instance halva, soap, letting their ephemerality echo the fragility of memory.
—Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Jia’s sense of the ephemerality of the medium, and of the world that the medium reflects, has seldom been more stirringly profound.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
Flowers are often emblems of ephemerality and mortality, as in the vanitas paintings so common in 17th-century Europe, where elaborate bouquets were often paired with skulls, fruit, and other reminders that blooming and decaying, life and death, are inseparable.
—Rebecca Solnit
october 19, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2021
Mohammadi works with materials that disintegrate, for instance halva, soap, letting their ephemerality echo the fragility of memory.
—Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Jia’s sense of the ephemerality of the medium, and of the world that the medium reflects, has seldom been more stirringly profound.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for ephemerality
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“Ephemerality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ephemerality. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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