fleetingness

He preferred the fleetingness of film, where "things come and go."

But this project was notable for its fleetingness and haste.

One thing, however, that he cannot know, because he cannot feel it, is the fleetingness of the moment.

But talk about the fleetingness of fame.

Stella does not settle down in a specific flat, but moves from one to another, which symbolizes the fleetingness of her life.

Along with a keen sense of the fleetingness of life, "south coasters" remain proudly independent.

The inscription may have been necessary because the theme of life's fleetingness was not usually associated with pictures of Sebastian.

Yet despite technology's failure and the fleetingness of youthful fads, flash mobs are worth paying attention to.

Stoicism: Complaints on the vanity of the world, the fleetingness of beauty, life, and fame.

The work uses the illusion in film narrative to investigate the fleetingness and impossibility to grasp time and reality.

But most of Gutmann's images are more solid and contoured than the fleetingness that true Impressionism embodies.

Skylights cast fleetingness of weather into steadiness of fluorescents, making the polished marble floor seem to stir.

As the two couples unite, the poet reflects on the fleetingness of "The Sands of Time".

Carefully researched, gracefully written, it is prefaced by "Ozymandias," Shelley's poem about the fleetingness of human achievement.

It inspired him to meditate upon the funerary customs of the world and the fleetingness of earthly fame and reputation.

But "Naked In New York," which opens on Friday, solves the "problem" of the fleetingness of fame.

The flashes of merriment and simple song and dance arrive like daydreams; fleetingness and fragmentation make their good cheer that much more illusory.

Suddenly Tess finds herself not a child but a woman, aware of the fleetingness of physical charms, the transience of life, and the inevitability of death.

Here, the slopes are flanked by pine trees, often invoked as symbols of longevity and steadfastness in counterpoint to the fleetingness of spring's cherry blossoms.

The changes wrought by time and eternity, the fleetingness of mortal fame, and our feeble attempts to cope with the certainty of death are Browne's subjects.

This dense, wildly eclectic exhibition of art from the 1980's and early 90's is a memento mori to the fleetingness of time, fame and in some cases talent.

Bach illustrates the imagery of the text, "fleetingness and insubstantiality" in motifs such as "abrupt chords separated by pauses and ... hurrying scale figures".

Since evanescence or a sense of fleetingness is at the heart of the American style, a painter who can depict women as graceful but fleeting would be a standout in this exhibition.

As Linda Peterson, a scholar of nineteenth-century women's literature, argues, Sherwood's tracts use a Biblical "interpretative frame" in order to highlight the fleetingness of earthly things.

Mr. Reilly sings of Ludacris, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis in a single verse, jumping decades to make a point about fleetingness of fame.