Sentence examples similar to short-lived contentment from inspiring English sources

But my contentment was short-lived.

'Happiness' is often used, in ordinary life, to refer to a short-lived state of a person, frequently a feeling of contentment: 'You look happy today'; 'I'm very happy for you'.

To me, the connection between my desire for long term contentment and my actual reality of short-lived complacency was made clear through this verse.

It was short-lived.

Optimism was short-lived.

But short-lived.

The campaign was short-lived.

That was short-lived, too.

That resilience seemed short-lived.

His rule was short-lived.

Success short-lived.