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transience

[ tran-shuh ns, -zhuh ns, -zee-uh ns ]

/ ˈtræn ʃəns, -ʒəns, -zi əns /

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noun

transient state or quality.

Sometimes tran·sien·cy.

Origin of transience

First recorded in 1735–45; transi(ent) + -ence

OTHER WORDS FROM transience

non·tran·sience, noun non·tran·sien·cy, noun

Words nearby transience

transhiatal, transhiatal esophagectomy, tranship, transhumance, transhumanism, transience, transient, transient acantholytic dermatosis, transient hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy, transient ischemic attack, transient modulation

Example sentences from the Web for transience

When I think of them, I also think of the transience of all this and the importance of doing what you can while you can.

McCain’s 13 Favorite Soldiers |Sandra McElwaine |November 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Perhaps most remarkable of all in the age of transience, he has only played for one team.

Bissinger: Praying That Derek Jeter, Baseball’s Classiest Act, Returns to the Game |Buzz Bissinger |October 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The transience of our lives is one of the things that makes it valuable.

Our Crazy Quest for Immortality |Malcolm Jones |May 14, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Permanence, transience—Sir Ferdinando and his privies were gone, Crome still stood.

Crome Yellow |Aldous Huxley

The element of mortality in the form is included in the transience of imagery.

Heart of Man |George Edward Woodberry
It was like a reminder of the transience of the thing he sought, a challenge rousing him to assert its immortality.

The Divine Fire |May Sinclair
This was now the reality; this great stone cathedral slumbering there in its mass, which knew no transience nor heard any denial.

The Rainbow |D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
At last he had found permanence in a life where heretofore had been naught but transience.

The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol |William J. Locke