How to Use eternity in a Sentence
eternity
noun
- They believed that sinners would spend eternity in hell.
- We suffered through an eternity of delays during the lawsuit.
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The ball hung in the air for what felt like an eternity.
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Amie Just | Staff Writer,
NOLA.com,
6 Dec. 2020
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The ball soared in the air for what seemed like an eternity.
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Mark Daniels,
USA TODAY,
9 Aug. 2021
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The ball hung around the rim for what seemed like an eternity.
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Timothy Dashiell,
Baltimore Sun,
24 May 2024
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At the end of the fourth hour, the two will drive off into that tunnel in Paris and on to eternity.
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Tom Gliatto,
Peoplemag,
16 Nov. 2023
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And like ghosts, our boos will haunt you for all of eternity.
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Stephanie Farr,
Philly.com,
5 June 2018
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In Hebrew, the root of the word for victory is the same as the word for eternity.
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Ari Berman,
WSJ,
13 Jan. 2022
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While the state of the race looks promising, Democrats know that three weeks add up to an eternity in the age of Trump.
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Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2020
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His time away from the game must have felt like an eternity.
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David Moore,
Dallas News,
18 Jan. 2020
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For a kid who needs surgery and can’t get it, 28 days is an eternity.
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Erin Alberty,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
7 Nov. 2021
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The finish line may be in sight but this last stretch of the marathon feels like an eternity.
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Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2021
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But the children have missed school and their friends, and for them a month is an eternity.
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Colette Davidson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
14 May 2020
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Josh Niblett’s team hasn’t played for the title since 2017 – an eternity for the Bucs.
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Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com,
al,
10 Aug. 2020
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Poor Bron Breaker took an eternity to cut through the chains around the cage door.
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Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
6 Dec. 2021
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There are a couple of clips that will live rent-free in my mind for the rest of eternity.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
21 June 2021
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Where did God take them if not to some eternity with him?
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Barton Swaim,
WSJ,
3 June 2021
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When the glass of milk is already poured, that amount of time feels like an eternity.
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Sarah Jampel,
Bon Appétit,
10 Dec. 2019
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At a time when the world is shifting on a dime, that might as well be an eternity.
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Nancy Armour,
USA TODAY,
14 Mar. 2020
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You’ve been told as much for eternity, or since third grade.
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Heather Lanier,
Longreads,
10 Jan. 2023
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The Door is the breach that leads to the Valley Beyond, where the hosts can live undisturbed for all eternity.
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refinery29.com,
25 June 2018
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And the election is still nearly five months away -- an eternity in the Trump era.
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Matt Egan,
CNN,
10 June 2020
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But three years is an eternity in the electric car world.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin,
Ars Technica,
30 Apr. 2020
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Five years feels like an eternity compared to the past three months.
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Quartz Staff,
Quartz,
30 June 2020
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Manuel had to take three weeks away from the pool in March and April, an eternity for a swimmer training for the Olympics.
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Nathan Fenno,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2021
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The other line was silent for what seemed like an eternity.
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Katherine J. Wu,
Smithsonian,
21 June 2018
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Despite his best efforts, he was forced to keep pushing the rock up the hill for the rest of eternity.
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Mario Fraioli,
Outside Online,
24 Sep. 2021
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For a player and his agent this time feels like an eternity.
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Matt Babcock,
SI.com,
18 June 2018
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On the thirteenth-century tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine, she is shown wide awake and reading, while her dull and kingly husband sleeps for all eternity.
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Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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There, Barrichello was quickest by a full second, an eternity for an F1 lap time.
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Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
6 Feb. 2025
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