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Examples of evanesce in a Sentence
the kids' rainy-day gloom evanesced the minute they heard that we were going out for ice cream
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Gilchrist replies, his voice brightening the way an ancient sun suddenly burns through an evanescing cloud.
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Chris Richards, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
Other details — running water, a smudged kingfisher — appear only to evanesce.
—Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2021
Monkfish in a gripping mussel broth found its voice in between sips of an off-dry Alsatian pinot gris, its honeyed sweetness just evanescing off the brine of the seafood.
—Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2020
The experience of simply having the experience, and letting each moment arrive unexpectedly and evanesce in its own time.
—Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 29 June 2018
The number of daily active users in March was lower than the average for the first quarter as a whole, a signal that Snap's user base may be evanescing into the void.
—Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 2 May 2018
The arc of his coming to America is dizzying: mystery begat hype, hype yielded to skepticism, skepticism evanesced under sheer amazement.
—Si.com Staff, SI.com, 9 Apr. 2018
And with every new meeting, my hatred has evanesced like fog in a bright sun.
—Will Blythe, Esquire, 1 Apr. 2010
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Chris Richards, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
Other details — running water, a smudged kingfisher — appear only to evanesce.
—Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2021
Monkfish in a gripping mussel broth found its voice in between sips of an off-dry Alsatian pinot gris, its honeyed sweetness just evanescing off the brine of the seafood.
—Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2020
The experience of simply having the experience, and letting each moment arrive unexpectedly and evanesce in its own time.
—Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 29 June 2018
The number of daily active users in March was lower than the average for the first quarter as a whole, a signal that Snap's user base may be evanescing into the void.
—Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 2 May 2018
The arc of his coming to America is dizzying: mystery begat hype, hype yielded to skepticism, skepticism evanesced under sheer amazement.
—Si.com Staff, SI.com, 9 Apr. 2018
And with every new meeting, my hatred has evanesced like fog in a bright sun.
—Will Blythe, Esquire, 1 Apr. 2010
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“Evanesce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evanesce. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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