How to Use ephemeral in a Sentence

ephemeral

adjective
  • There are things that are very ephemeral and hard to pin down.
    — Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Each pseudo-scoop is as ephemeral as a mayfly.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Past Late night has long been the most ephemeral of art forms.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 May 2026
  • In the past, her pieces have often felt dreamy and ephemeral.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Out were ephemeral joys, such as clips of dogs on skateboards.
    — Kevin Lozano, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Matzo balls can be as ephemeral as clouds or firm, with nice chew.
    — New York Times, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Fireworks are ephemeral, though the bangs and lights are big.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 21 Sep. 2019
  • There’s just something more ephemeral about film at that time.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2019
  • But while ramps may be ephemeral, their flavor doesn’t have to be.
    — Kelly Vaughan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
  • For one, both events are ephemeral ecosystems.
    — Lindsay Trout, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
  • An ephemeral wind of nothing that blows away like humbug.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
  • The shots of snowy mountains and rugged ocean beaches are ephemeral.
    — oregonlive, 26 May 2022
  • But that’s part of what makes its ephemeral beauty so compelling.
    — Nicole Clausing and Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
  • But as the play takes pains to point out, nothing is stable in this ephemeral world.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Ants sow many wildflower and spring ephemeral plant seeds.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2026
  • One political loss is not the end, and even wins are ephemeral.
    — Brianna Wu, Marie Claire, 9 Oct. 2018
  • The find sparked Webb to document more of the ephemeral slime mold growths.
    — Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 6 Jan. 2022
  • But sometimes the ephemeral islands can persist for years or even decades.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 24 Sep. 2022
  • The 100% write-offs are even more ephemeral than other tax cuts in the new law.
    — WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019
  • Out of many things, probably, one is that they were both once assumed to be ephemeral.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Even so, humans have long lamented the ephemeral joy of relief.
    — Gloria Liu, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2022
  • In spring, the ground layer of ephemeral wildflowers wakes up first.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 13 Nov. 2020
  • The one that now seems most ephemeral, like it could be swallowed by Meta at any moment.
    — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Pop music is ephemeral by nature.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
  • If that's how much Kanye paid for this most ephemeral of gifts, people should be outraged.
    — Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Beyond the ephemeral Tweets, few ever talk about it the next day, let alone the next week.
    — Mara Reinstein, Billboard, 18 June 2019
  • Meanwhile, his fundraising is on track, his gaffes ephemeral, the barbs aimed his way glancing.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 20 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • How his work embraces the ephemeral, how that is expressed in pieces made to last much longer than a season.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • That increase was ephemeral as the current numbers show.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

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