How to Use eternity in a Sentence

eternity

noun
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  • They believed that sinners would spend eternity in hell.
  • We suffered through an eternity of delays during the lawsuit.
  • For a kid who needs surgery and can’t get it, 28 days is an eternity.
    — Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Twenty-two years is an eternity for an artist who changed the face of music to stay silent.
    — Chuck Arnold, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • And there are powerful shapes and forms through eternity.
    — Vogue, 5 Nov. 2021
  • This clip — head bobs, finger-snapping and all — is burned in our brains for eternity, so now it shall be seared into yours as well.
    — Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE.com, 10 Nov. 2021
  • When Nipsey Hussle died, L.A. grieved for what felt like an eternity.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2021
  • There are few things shoppers purchase with the intention of wearing every day, for the rest of eternity.
    — Amanda Randone, refinery29.com, 16 July 2024
  • The last room on the tour was the sealing room, in which marriages are performed and families enter a covenant to be bound together for eternity.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The poetry of her literally coming to an end in the sky on her dragon and letting go into eternity is perfect.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
  • The extended runway to opening night might feel like an eternity, but Cassidy said once the season starts, there will be no looking back.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Do well, and your sketches will be posted on TikTok alongside videos of people making slime for eternity.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 May 2024
  • One person’s grave is marked by a tree trunk with a round rock on top, Capuano said the trunk represents a life cut short, and the stone is symbolic of eternity.
    — Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 10 Oct. 2021
  • Eventually, our bodies will part ways from each other, but our spirits remain intertwined for all eternity.
    — Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 12 July 2024
  • The buyer will get to name the stone with the Gemological Institute, linking it with the family for eternity.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2021
  • More What follows is a conversation that lasts for roughly 10 minutes, which even in the streaming era is an eternity for a TV scene.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2024
  • The ball hung around the rim for what seemed like an eternity.
    — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
  • At the end of the fourth hour, the two will drive off into that tunnel in Paris and on to eternity.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • In Hebrew, the root of the word for victory is the same as the word for eternity.
    — Ari Berman, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Poor Bron Breaker took an eternity to cut through the chains around the cage door.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
  • You’ve been told as much for eternity, or since third grade.
    — Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The first three weeks must feel like an eternity for Conner.
    — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2022
  • That’s an eternity in baseball for a deficit like that.
    — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 23 Aug. 2023
  • These days, four years is an eternity for a college coach to strut his stuff.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2022
  • That’s why the gleaming black mountain walls rise to a mighty temple where the sounds of eternity can freely roar.
    — WSJ, 17 June 2022
  • The endless expanse of ocean conjures up the idea of eternity.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • That way, the color can’t fade, preserving the print for all of eternity.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2023
  • As long as one person will be alive to tell the story, it will be kept alive for eternity.
    — William A. Virchis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The call will be the subject of Philadelphians’ ire for eternity.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Casey stayed true to the art of his music, and the energy of his spirit will live on in eternity.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2024

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