How to Use ephemeral in a Sentence

ephemeral

adjective

• The ephemeral nature of the stage is part of its power.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• The ephemeral nature of Snapchat is a big draw for teens.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2018
• The 100% write-offs are even more ephemeral than other tax cuts in the new law.
  — WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019
• The find sparked Webb to document more of the ephemeral slime mold growths.
  — Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 6 Jan. 2022
• There are things that are very ephemeral and hard to pin down.
  — Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Jan. 2022
• Fireworks are ephemeral, though the bangs and lights are big.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 21 Sep. 2019
• Beyond the ephemeral Tweets, few ever talk about it the next day, let alone the next week.
  — Mara Reinstein, Billboard, 18 June 2019
• The shots of snowy mountains and rugged ocean beaches are ephemeral.
  — oregonlive, 26 May 2022
• Out were ephemeral joys, such as clips of dogs on skateboards.
  — Kevin Lozano, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2022
• But as the play takes pains to point out, nothing is stable in this ephemeral world.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2022
• The drag of the sand slows the pace, which in this case is a good thing because there’s plenty to see along the ephemeral desert spillway.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2023
• More to the point, the frog’s life cycle requires ephemeral ponds that are dry part of the year and an open-canopy forest.
  — Jess Bravin, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2018
• Perhaps part of the beauty is the loss; the flowers suggest an ephemeral grace.
  — New York Times, 22 June 2022
• The transience of time and the ephemeral nature of our relationships are two of the great themes of these songs.
  — Brandon Taylor, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
• To leave Bangkok this way is to realize how ephemeral much of the city is today.
  — Lawrence Osborne, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2021
• This was the case with Ford’s tweet, and thousands of other ephemeral dramas.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2022
• There’s just something more ephemeral about film at that time.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2019
• Matzo balls can be as ephemeral as clouds or firm, with nice chew.
  — New York Times, 19 Mar. 2018
• The one that now seems most ephemeral, like it could be swallowed by Meta at any moment.
  — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 28 Jan. 2022
• This is sometimes due to ephemeral needs — the contact that gives rise to a language may not last very long.
  — John Wenz, TheWeek, 20 Sep. 2020
• As ephemeral annuals, seed washes down the cliff face with rain to catch in the nooks and crannies.
  — Maureen Gilmer, idahostatesman, 7 Feb. 2018
• Not in a romantic sense, but a love of craft that finds limitless time and space in the ephemeral.
  — Damon Young, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2022
• In spring, the ground layer of ephemeral wildflowers wakes up first.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 13 Nov. 2020
• Dance allows me to share a bit of my soul, if only for an ephemeral moment.
  — Marcia Manna, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Sep. 2017
• Almost all art, even a lot of the good stuff, is ephemeral: toil, creation, then oblivion.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
• Yet the projection is ephemeral, as is the civic reclamation of this place.
  — Peter Van Agtmael, Magazine, 8 Dec. 2020
• But that’s part of what makes its ephemeral beauty so compelling.
  — Nicole Clausing and Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
• One political loss is not the end, and even wins are ephemeral.
  — Brianna Wu, Marie Claire, 9 Oct. 2018
• But weddings are also still subject to the ephemeral whims of pop culture.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024
• At one moment, the angels by the floor-length picture window soared with the ephemeral 16th-century score by composer Thomas Tallis, then the basses against the south wall would take it low and deep.
  — Jack Chang, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Oct 2024