TRANSITORY in a Sentence

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14 example sentences for TRANSITORY, such as:

1. Foolish men mistake transitory semblance for eternal fact.
2. In the final analysis, most of life's joys are transitory.
3. 'Yes, I think I see it now,' he said after some time, brightening in a quite transitory manner.
4. I thought in a transitory way of the oddness of wells still existing, and then resumed the thread of my speculations.
5. I did not then know that it was no transitory blossom, but rather the radiant resemblance of one, cut in an indestructible gem.

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 Meanings and Examples of TRANSITORY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
transitory
 a.  existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
Classic Sentence:
1  A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquillity.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
2  Company was irksome to me; when alone, I could fill my mind with the sights of heaven and earth; the voice of Henry soothed me, and I could thus cheat myself into a transitory peace.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
3  These feelings are transitory; each day of expectation delayed fills them with fear, and I almost dread a mutiny caused by this despair.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
4  It is only because our connection happens to be very transitory, and comes at a peculiarly mournful season, that I consent thus to render it so patient and compliant on my part.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
5  I did not then know that it was no transitory blossom, but rather the radiant resemblance of one, cut in an indestructible gem.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
6  'Yes, I think I see it now,' he said after some time, brightening in a quite transitory manner.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In I
7  I thought in a transitory way of the oddness of wells still existing, and then resumed the thread of my speculations.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IV
8  Fortunately, as regarded this circumstance at least, his painful past gave to his countenance an indelible sadness, and the glimmerings of gayety seen beneath this cloud were indeed but transitory.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.
9  It was evident that, for this energetic and enthusiastic nature, this could only be a transitory state, and that, at the first shock against the inevitable complications of destiny, Marius would awaken.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—MARIUS GROWN UP
Example Sentence:
1  Foolish men mistake transitory semblance for eternal fact.
2  Fame is transitory: today's rising star is all too soon tomorrow's washed-up has-been.
3  I was pleased to have done something; trivial, transitory though the deed was, it was yet an active thing.
4  I was pleased to have done something; trivial, transitory though the deed was, it was yet an active thing, and I was weary of an existence all passive.
5  In the final analysis, most of life's joys are transitory.