evanescence
noun
the quality of being fleeting or vanishing quickly; impermanence.
evanescences
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pluralof evanescence.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Every artist knows that between the thought that first gave rise to his design, and each one which appears in it, there are innumerable intermediate evanescences of sensation which no man felt but himself.
From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Isaac Disraeli
He knew the loveliness in a profile, he saw always the evanescences of light upon light and purposeless things.
From Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Marsden Hartley
