evanescence
the quality of being fleeting or vanishing quickly; impermanence: the evanescence of dreams.
the act or fact of vanishing quickly: The target audience is left only with the dominant message after the evanescence of the advertisement.
Origin of evanescence
1Words that may be confused with evanescence
- evanescence , evaporation, liquefaction, melting, thawing, transpiration, vaporization
Words Nearby evanescence
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How to use evanescence in a sentence
Our motto was “evanescence has two hit songs, and we do both of them.”
Randi Zuckerberg: How I Learned to Balance Business and Creativity | Randi Zuckerberg | November 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTArdours of passion could be felt as in youth without the recuperative intervals which had accompanied evanescence.
The Well-Beloved | Thomas HardyColours, shadows and atmospheric effects are naturally associated with ideas of transition, mystery and evanescence.
She was immediately angry at having betrayed even to herself the possible evanescence of her passion for him.
Return of the Native | Thomas HardyThe baffling evanescence of dreams caught sight of on awakening is familiar to every one.
The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion | James H. Leuba
It recalled, too, the thought of man's evanescence and the apparent fixedness of his institutions.
Through the Mackenzie Basin | Charles Mair
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