How to Use transient in a Sentence

transient

1 of 2 adjective

• This is what the life of a transient hipster-dude looked like.
  — Maria Del Russo, The Cut, 23 Jan. 2018
• The male may have been a transient, based on items found around the remains.
  — oregonlive, 13 May 2021
• The closer position has been transient for the club for the last decade.
  — Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023
• No sport is as transient as the NHL, which makes closure hard to come by.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 11 May 2021
• Schein, who moved here from the East years ago, said this is both a transient city and a rooted one.
  — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 25 Jan. 2020
• The suspect is believed to be a transient and fled the scene, police said.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2021
• All were part of transient U.S. presence in the country.
  — Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 31 July 2020
• But the bursts were so transient that catching and studying them was tricky.
  — Nadia Drake, National Geographic, 27 June 2019
• The price of vintage items can be very transient — high one day and nonexistent the next.
  — Tribune News Service, al, 19 June 2022
• People are drawn to him – Niko, a lost child in the park, the bookseller, a transient homeless man.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Feb. 2024
• This isn’t the first time that researchers have observed a transient object in space.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 7 Feb. 2022
• Galvin said Wu’s campaign got out and won the younger, more transient, apartment dwellers vote.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021
• That suggests that this may just be a transient problem in these Sun Belt states.
  — Fox News, 24 June 2020
• The suspect is described as a transient man in his early 30s.
  — Fox News, 16 Feb. 2022
• Many of these changes are transient, but some can get locked into place for the long term through feedback loops.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2018
• This is not to denigrate the need for transient people to get shelter and care.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2020
• Success is when the family isn’t transient and the children aren’t forced to move around from school to school.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2019
• There is warmth in the work but also an awareness that beauty can be transient too.
  — Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes, 7 July 2021
• Teenagers are at a transient age, and in a few months many will be headed to college or a job or the military.
  — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2018
• That held true even for food, which is a material many of us think of as transient.
  — Popular Science, 28 Oct. 2020
• But few jails, which tend to be transient, have programs like Free Writers.
  — Ernesto Londoño David Guttenfelder, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• The transient nature of youth sports has led to a total disconnect.
  — oregonlive.com, 7 June 2019
• For a material meant to be transient, wood-pulp paper has left its mark and the world.
  — Rachel Adler, Slate Magazine, 4 Aug. 2017
• That’s a complex concept for a small kid but one that kids in transient families grasp from the get-go.
  — Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2020
• The man, who is transient, then allegedly dragged her to an encampment area and tied her to a chair with rope.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2023
• The last infant came and went when Bob was 9, and soon his memories of the transient babies faded.
  — Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2022
• Long ago, French soldiers would mettre un pied à terre—that is, dismount their steeds at the end of the day and spend the night in transient housing.
  — Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful, 20 Apr. 2022
• The connections between the cells instead seem to be transient.
  — Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2021
• Skies over North Texas will remain mostly clear except for transient cirrus clouds for most of Wednesday.
  — David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2024
• TikTok beauty trends have taken on a life of their own over the past few years, transmuting transient micro-moments into full-tilt sensations, the sort of splashes that influence human beings and brands alike.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2023

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transient

2 of 2 noun

• The bag is like a bindle rethought for the modern-day transient.
  — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 18 July 2017
• But the Betsy Ross isn’t all greasy spoon and transients.
  — Caroline Leavitt, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2018
• The owner of the male dog, Mandy Sanchez, 30, is also a transient, the news release said.
  — Cathy Locke, sacbee.com, 8 June 2017
• A lot of that stuff comes and goes — some of it is awful, much more of it is fine but sort of transient.
  — David Pierce, The Verge, 31 Dec. 2023
• The missing person is transient, does not have a phone and is not at risk.
  — Rachel Spacek, The Mercury News, 20 June 2019
• As the trip begins, Amy and Danny lob transient thoughts back and forth.
  — Erin Qualey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
• Trash and used needles left by transients are littered on the ground.
  — Jamie Joseph, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2023
• The space has been plagued by transients, crime and loitering.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019
• The city admits that the space has been plagued by transients, crime and loitering.
  — Karen Pearlman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 July 2018
• That case collapsed when Stephanie’s blood was found on a shirt worn by a transient seen in the neighborhood the night of the killing.
  — John Wilkens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 May 2017
• In one case, a transient swung a PVC pipe at people nearby.
  — Scott McLean and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN, 20 Apr. 2018
• Even toward the end of the event, one flare was almost as bright as the original outburst of the transient.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2023
• His age was not available but the police spokesman said Burn was born in 1987 and is a transient known to move around the Thousand Oaks area.
  — Gregory Yee Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2021
• Not to mention getting out of your car with transients [around] and not feeling safe.
  — Dom Giordano, Philly.com, 10 Jan. 2018
• The official described the suspect in the attack as a transient.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2019
• Not to mention getting out of your car with transients around and not feeling safe too.
  — George Will, National Review, 13 Jan. 2018
• Police are still looking for Schulz and describe him as a transient living in the area.
  — Mallika Kallingal and Keith Allen, CNN, 19 Mar. 2021
• But there are also transplants like me who are not transients, who have set roots in the city and birthed new D.C. natives.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2019
• The word 'transient' refers to something that isn't permanent.
  — Jessica Migala, Health.com, 22 Feb. 2022
• The suspect is described as a white transient male in his 40s with a stocky build and was wearing a red shirt,according to Tansey.
  — City News Service, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• Most of the time, POCD is transient and patients get better in several months.
  — Judith Graham, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2018
• Police said Walker is known to be a transient who lives in different hotels in the area.
  — al, 7 May 2021
• The victim, who police said was a transient, also had abrasions on his face.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2022
• Other missions are also trying to catch transients in the act.
  — Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS, 15 June 2017
• Police said Decker was a local area transient, and known to frequent that park.
  — Htv National Desk, Houston Chronicle, 3 Sep. 2019
• Bars, brothels, and hotels sprang up to cater to rail-riding transients and part-time workers.
  — Zoie Matthew, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 June 2018
• Since then, the building had become a place where transients and vandals gather.
  — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Jan. 2018
• Police described Chavez as a transient who lives in Santa Paula.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, latimes.com, 15 May 2017
• The caller reported a male transient shooting up in the bathroom.
  — Orange County Register, 19 Jan. 2017
• Police said 27-year-old Trent William Millsap, who is described as a transient, was a suspect in East's death.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 16 July 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024