How do you use Ephemeral in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like passing or transient, plus the exact meaning.
Ephemeral meaning
- Lasting for a short period of time.
- Existing for only one day, as with some flowers, insects, and diseases.
- Usually dry, but filling with water for brief periods during and after precipitation.
Synonyms of Ephemeral
Using Ephemeral
- The main meaning on this page is: Lasting for a short period of time. | Existing for only one day, as with some flowers, insects, and diseases. | Usually dry, but filling with water for brief periods during and after precipitation.
- Useful related words include: passing, short-lived, transient, transitory.
- In the example corpus, ephemeral often appears in combinations such as: the ephemeral, an ephemeral, more ephemeral.
Context around Ephemeral
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ephemeral
- In this selection, "ephemeral" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, assembled, water, definition, nature, ponds and beauties stand out and add context to how "ephemeral" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include altogether more ephemeral and and the ephemeral. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ephemeral" sits close to words such as acuity, ademola and albans, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ephemeral
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Thank God, power is ephemeral. (5 words)
Moments are, by definition, ephemeral. (5 words)
This assembled, ephemeral Betsy was de luxe. (7 words)
Take advantage of our good fortune during the ephemeral season and try as many as you can at the Beer Junction's annual festival, which will pour offerings from brewers like Fort George, Reuben's Brews, Cloudburst, Little Beast, and more. (41 words)
The fourth piece was from Oswald’s Airs for the Seasons – Goldenrod, in three brief parts, an ephemeral Pastorale, a Musette (giving some proto-Khachaturian vibes) and a very polite and civilised Tempo di Menuetto. (35 words)
Ultimately, Davis’s leaf art, in all its variations of color, pattern, and texture, reminds you of the ephemeral nature of her medium, making the exhibit a unique moment in each piece’s evolution. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ephemeral ponds — which are also called vernal pools — first appear in winter as water collects in depressions and shallow basins in the forest.
Explore Stillman's woodlands in search of ephemeral beauties such as white trillium, May-apple, Virginia bluebell and Jack-in-the-pulpit.
He seems haunted by the ephemeral, “throwaway” nature of all the lost connections he’s accumulated over years of dating.
In the end, we are left with the ephemeral joy of young love instead of the bitter taste of death for trauma’s sake.
Thank God, power is ephemeral.
This assembled, ephemeral Betsy was de luxe.
Ultimately, Davis’s leaf art, in all its variations of color, pattern, and texture, reminds you of the ephemeral nature of her medium, making the exhibit a unique moment in each piece’s evolution.
And it is like connective tissue that you that connects you to the ephemeral or the ethereal.
But a true educational foundation draws on ancient as well as modern wisdom, enabling students to understand the difference between the timeless and the ephemeral.
But with fashion there is an extra twist of the knife — fashion is ephemeral to begin with.
Emotional support from ephemeral objects is only as reliable as the object.
For the ephemeral nature of totality and the sense of awe it evokes is priceless.
In the grand canvas of Hegra, “Hands from Sands” emerges as a magnum opus, spanning over a hundred meters—a symphony of earth and water, ephemeral in its essence.
Moments are, by definition, ephemeral.
Our Creator (the Business Partner), gave us life, gave us talents and everything that we need to make a success of our stay on this ephemeral planet.
Take advantage of our good fortune during the ephemeral season and try as many as you can at the Beer Junction's annual festival, which will pour offerings from brewers like Fort George, Reuben's Brews, Cloudburst, Little Beast, and more.
The fourth piece was from Oswald’s Airs for the Seasons – Goldenrod, in three brief parts, an ephemeral Pastorale, a Musette (giving some proto-Khachaturian vibes) and a very polite and civilised Tempo di Menuetto.
These are not detailed accounts of major events but recordings of something altogether more ephemeral.
This ephemeral stage is when they are most visible, lighting up the night with their mesmerizing flashes.
And it’s not an ephemeral moment.
Common combinations with ephemeral
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the ephemeral 14×
- an ephemeral 9×
- more ephemeral 7×
- ephemeral nature 6×
- and ephemeral 6×
- of ephemeral 5×
- is ephemeral 4×
- ephemeral and 4×
- ephemeral objects 2×
- this ephemeral 2×