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fleetingness

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Noun1.fleetingness - the property of lasting for a very short time
ephemerality, ephemeralness
transience, transiency, transitoriness - an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying


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``We're both very aware of the fleetingness of life,'' says Redgrave.
OSCAR-WORTHY LYNN REDGRAVE GOES WILDE AS LADY BRACKNELL IN 'EARNEST' by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
In Septimus, Clarissa not only sees her own mortality but also feels the fleetingness and fragility of human existence: "Death was defiance.
Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway: "a well of tears" by Panichas, George A. / Modern Age
Hwang seems to relish the fleetingness of it all, as she creates her last site-specific work for a site that will soon be returned to its landlord.
Too much TV by Perron, Wendy / Dance Magazine
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