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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ev-uh-nes, ev-uh-nes
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛv əˈnɛs, ˈɛv əˌnɛs



Definition of evanescence

Origin :
  • 1751; see evanescent + -ence. Evanescency is attested from 1660s.
  • noun dissipation
Example sentences :
  • Meditate upon it, and on the insignificance and evanescence of human life.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • The other figure of smoke is a stereotype in all tongues for evanescence.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 1 » by A. Maclaren
  • Evanescence tends also to undermine our personal affections.
  • Extract from : « The Joys of Being a Woman » by Winifred Kirkland
  • Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Tea » by Kakuzo Okakura
  • The ghost was gone again, and its evanescence was discussed with ready wonder.
  • Extract from : « Fennel and Rue » by William Dean Howells
  • This song, of course, was a disquisition on the evanescence of all things here below.
  • Extract from : « Mad Shepherds » by L. P. Jacks
  • Much has been written of the evanescence of Reynolds's colors.
  • Extract from : « Sir Joshua Reynolds » by Estelle M. Hurll
  • The only poetic evanescence is the evanescence that is inevitable.
  • Extract from : « The Amateur Garden » by George W. Cable
  • Whoso enters into transfiguration, leaves behind him evanescence.
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Laughs » by Victor Hugo
  • Is all great gladness haunted by this apprehension of evanescence?
  • Extract from : « The Redemption of David Corson » by Charles Frederic Goss

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