- a variation of impermanence.
impermanency
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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An institution which seemed about to become permanent and a fit and adequate national expression in an admired form of art, was set afloat again upon the sea of impermanency and speculation.
From Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time by Henry Edward Krehbiel
If any shadow drifted across this sunny year it fell from a haunting sense of the impermanency of my leisure.
From A Son of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland
Even in Japanese art—developed, if not actually created, under Buddhist influence—the doctrine of impermanency has left its traces.
From Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints by Lafcadio Hearn
Showers of rain alternated with vivid sunshine, and through the air, heavy with perfume, the mourning dove sang with sad insistence as if to remind us of the impermanency of May's ineffable loveliness.
From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland
And so, wisely, the host or hostess specifies in advance the length of the visit; and the extra little twin bed is a useful symbol and reminder of its impermanency.
From The Comforts of Home by Ralph Bergengren
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