How to Use ephemera in a Sentence

ephemera

noun

• He has a large collection of old menus and other ephemera.
• Those records are now asides and ephemera, not events.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
• But most browsers will be tempted to linger the most at the wedding ephemera.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 16 June 2017
• Our magpie eyes will always be drawn to foolery and ephemera.
  — Giles Hattersley, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2021
• But if the first ephemera are gone, the memories and stories are not.
  — Jesse Wright, chicagotribune.com, 22 Apr. 2018
• An eephus pitch is one of baseball’s many pieces of niche ephemera.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
• Indeed, this is not likely to become a catchall for books and ephemera.
  — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2025
• Few scholars had thought that children’s rhymes, taunts and games were more than playground ephemera.
  — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2017
• Late spring isn't just for wildflowers and Star Wars ephemera.
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 8 May 2018
• Each of these ephemera offers a window into our unique moment.
  — Lonnie G. Bunch Iii, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2020
• And every day, my son is filling those stacks with the artifacts and ephemera of his young life.
  — Kyle Whitmire, al, 18 Nov. 2020
• To the shoppers at my estate sale, a random piece of strangers’ ephemera not worth a dollar.
  — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
• In Kotaro, the ephemera matters — the small gestures and quirks.
  — Vulture, 23 Apr. 2022
• So some of these pieces now fall flat, sound like routines or, worse, like historical ephemera.
  — Luc Sante, The New York Review of Books, 24 Mar. 2020
• Meaningless ephemera are, of course, Knausgaard’s stock in trade.
  — Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
• Branca is equally fond of such quirky ephemera as wax and marble feet and antique intaglios.
  — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 4 Aug. 2023
• Both have gold and silver embroidery and room for travel ephemera like tickets and claim checks.
  — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 22 Feb. 2024
• The idea is to show ephemera that is beaten and weathered, says Worthington.
  — Siran Babayan, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
• There’s also a drumhead with ephemera signed by Foo Fighters.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2021
• Those remarks don’t belong to the past, or to the South, or to literary ephemera.
  — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 15 June 2020
• The reader is privy to photographs and other ephemera left behind.
  — Erika L. Sanchez, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
• When Rockwell brought in outdoorsy ephemera like boat oars, snowshoes, and flags, the clients weren’t sure about it.
  — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 16 Apr. 2026
• Megan buys the coral online but hunts old books, apothecary bottles, and other ephemera in local thrift stores.
  — Sarah Egge, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2021
• James Van Der Beek is parting ways with ephemera from two of his most iconic projects.
  — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Nov. 2025
• Their goal is to preserve the ephemera of the punk rock movement for future generations.
  — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2023
• The store is home to a collection of rare and high-end collectible vinyl, as well as collectibles like tour t-shirts and other ephemera.
  — Ryan Smith, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2021
• Photographs of such ephemera are interspersed throughout her book.
  — M. Z. Adnan, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
• Those costumes, photos and other ephemera are now available to researchers and scholars.
  — Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
• But there are all sorts of Freudian ephemera here, like his hat and cane, and a photo of his prescription cocaine.
  — Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• His store was jammed to the rafters with antique signs, musical instruments, and highway ephemera, none of which was for sale.
  — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2018