Evanesced

But now, that notion seems to have evanesced, made instantly obsolete by all the press coverage of how American public libraries have become the 'go-to' resource centers for those seeking jobs in tough times. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His equally ambitious tax reforms came to grief in the 95th Congress and have evanesced from the 96th. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On the whole, though, these conflicts have dissipated and evanesced as the West has almost universally adopted democratic forms of governance. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But illusions that Iraq could finance its own occupation evanesced like a mirage last year. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The reader may choose to think of him as possibly no more than a sublunary druggist; it may be so, but my faith is better — I believe him to have evanesced, 11 or evaporated. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Of burnt-out stars not even cinders were left, the last scraps of helium ash evanesced like table dust on a windy day. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (2003)

Caught in the annihilation sphere of hundreds of explosive devices, or swept by devastating beams of coherent energy, dozens of stingships and their pilots evanesced out of existence, many before they even had a chance to launch their weapons. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (2000)

His voice evanesced, and in the dark dust a long velvet paisley - covered sofa coalesced into hazy shape. ❋ Adams, Douglas, 1952-2001 (1982)

"The effulgence of your irradiator has evanesced." ❋ Marion Dix [Editor] Mosher (N/A)

The enthusiasm of the people is thus utilized before it has evanesced; but once enlisted (and that for the war) the word should be expunged from the soldier's vocabulary. ❋ Unknown (1910)

He had quietly withdrawn himself, in the interval; he had evanesced, "moved on." ❋ Norman Douglas (1910)

It was the next Sunday morning that Miss Wollaston, who had decided to stay in town even though the emergency she had been summoned to meet was found mysteriously to have evanesced when she arrived, asked Wallace ❋ Henry Kitchell Webster (1903)

"There's no such blessed hurry," he remarked at last, when the first excitement had evanesced. ❋ Robert Herrick (1903)

The 'culture,' to which she laid claim, evanesced in this atmosphere of exhalations. ❋ George Gissing (1880)

Richard Kenton evanesced into the interior so obviously that ❋ William Dean Howells (1878)

Venus, the mundane seductiveness of Veronese's Europa, the golden glory of Tintoretto's Bacchus, -- all have evanesced, and in their place are hard mechanic figures, excellently drawn, correctly posed, but with no touch of poetry. ❋ John Addington Symonds (1866)

The reader may choose to think of him as possibly no more than a sublunary druggist; it may be so, but my faith is better -- I believe him to have evanesced, {11} or evaporated. ❋ Thomas De Quincey (1822)

… I didn't realize marriage had its own get-out clause, which could leave one partner standing there, dumbfounded. … forever can be undone in a second: once Christ chose t enact the get-out clause, the magic of that leap of faith we'd taken together instantly evanesced. ❋ Thabiti Anyabwile (2010)

Nabokov's life, as he wrote it, likewise evanesced. ❋ William Deresiewicz (2010)

Sometimes an offhand observation or quip can provoke one into thinking more fully on something that might have simply evanesced.

2) Did you hear [the new] [Evanescence] [song]? ❋ Jazzpup (2005)

Person of non-specific [gender] #1: [hey dude], what are you listening to? Person of non-specific gender #2: Evanescence! Person of non-specific gender #1: didn't they make that song [Bring] Me to Life or something? Person of non-specific gender #2: Yeah, but they have better stuff. Listen to them. ❋ Someoutcastloser (2018)

[life] is in a [constant] [state] of evanescence. ❋ Frankie (2005)

[Amy Lee] is [just] [amazing]. ❋ 9045 (2004)

Eg) [My Immortal] - [lost love]? Going Under - finally letting go? Bring me to Life - self recognition? Breathe No More - [Self-improvement] is for the weak, the strong seek self-destruction. ❋ Dead Angel (2005)

[The people] at [my school] don't understand [good music]; no one here likes Evanescence. ❋ GottaLoveEvanescence (2005)

Original [definer]: Evanescance are some shitty [emo band] who attract dumbass teens. Reply: Perhaps you should learn how to spell [Evanescence] before embarassing yourself in front of "dumbasses." ❋ LaDiablo (2006)

[Life] is [evanescent].... ❋ Angetombenoir (2006)

Those who follow the footsteps of evanescence are [bound] to [have a good life] in [the future]. ❋ Villevalo2 (2006)

[Annabelle]: Despite how their lead [vocalist] always tries to go around saying "Oh, I'm such a demi-goth." Reply: Imbucile, stop pretending you know what you're saying and actually read a fucking [interview]. ❋ LaDiablo (2005)