How to Use eternal in a Sentence

eternal

1 of 2 adjective

• When will his eternal whining stop?
• Of hope that springs eternal (or at least for six weeks).
  — Michael Peregrine, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• This play has both those things, and those things are eternal.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022
• Trends come and go, but style is eternal—so the saying goes.
  — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 14 Dec. 2022
• To lead the survivors of the human race to an eternal life while the rest of society burned.
  — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 13 May 2023
• Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 25 Dec. 2023
• What is the secret to–if not eternal life, then a long one, that’s also well-lived?
  — Kathleen Baird-Murray, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2024
• And blasts out the foundation on a set of eternal music.
  — Michelle Krupa, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
• The work makes eternal a part of Ed that would otherwise slip away.
  — Daniel Felsenthal, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2024
• And who will be emitting an eternal silent scream like Kendall Roy?
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
• The eternal battle fought over the fate of Hyrule is between Ganon(dorf) and the forces of darkness versus Zelda and the forces of light.
  — WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
• For eternal life, harvest a dead man's toe and a newt's saliva.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 Apr. 2023
• The shape of the wreath represents the eternal nature of God, and the opened top suggests a divine embrace.
  — Emily Robertson, Fox News, 4 June 2023
• Get acquainted with the spooky side of the city and learn about some of its eternal residents on a ghost tour.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2023
• The book keeps coming back to the eternal question of what Walter Becker did.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2023
• And yet for some fans, hope continues to spring eternal.
  — Christopher Maag, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• Hope springs eternal, and there’s a compelling new call for reform.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2023
• And from these fears, grew a story where love was indeed eternal.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Feb. 2023
• Wallen asks, putting his spin on Ben E. King’s eternal request.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2023
• According to Lao Tzu, to name something is to limit it, to cut it off from the eternal.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2023
• Those who are faithful to the Lord and follow out good acts will spend their eternal lives with Him in heaven.
  — Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 25 Jan. 2023
• The story turns on a deal with the devil for eternal youth, with the price being Dorian Gray’s soul.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 June 2023
• Hope springs eternal, as rumors of an all-electric Stinger have been swirling.
  — Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2023
• While most of these hotel ghosts are the friendly Casper type, a few seem to get their eternal kicks from scaring the life out of the living guests.
  — Steven Casale, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2023
• Much like the eternal zombie, the pork sandwich is back from the dead, and consumers are clamoring to get their hands on menu item.
  — Paige Hagy, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023
• The eternal Margarita, or the hip Negroni, or the trendy Carajillo?
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 13 May 2023
• His punk credentials are eternal, and greater than yours.
  — Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 7 June 2023
• But hope springs eternal and at least I’m better informed.
  — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• It was composed for a ballet about a legendary ruler who finds a lotus that could grant him eternal life.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2023
• That’s because unlike the proton or the electron, the muon isn’t eternal, but decays in just a fraction of a second.
  — Byadrian Cho, science.org, 28 Mar. 2024

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eternal

2 of 2 noun

• But just like every team in the NFL, hope springs eternal in Week 1.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2021
• Hope springs eternal for the Tigers because of the prospects in their minor league system.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2021
• Hope for the success of the alien apocalypse springs eternal.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2021
• Green shoots of hope reign eternal for both seagrass and sea cow, among those who study and love them most.
  — Jim Waymer, USA TODAY, 8 May 2021
• Part of what makes multiple versions of the play eternal, for him, is simply the ritual.
  — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2020
• Hope springs eternal for Elmer Fudd come rabbit season!
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
• Still, hope springs eternal, especially with the wildness of small sample sizes.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2020
• Like last March, frustration has grown in the absence of any resolution, but for Turell, the team, and its supporters, their faith is more cemented in the eternal.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2021
• Because of that, and because many of these species live in hard-to-survey regions, many of the announcements this past year declared species possibly or probably lost, a sign that hope springs eternal.
  — John R. Platt, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2021
• His eternal cant of smug victimhood — the one sane man in a sea of ignorance, rejected by his own community and harassed by the mainstream media — was more believable when Richard Nixon was doing it.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021
• Hope springs eternal, but keep your expectations realistic.
  — oregonlive, 2 July 2020
• As a writer, Robinson is a direct descendant of Frost, carrying on his tradition of careful, democratic observations of this country’s landscapes and its people, perpetually keeping one eye on the eternal and the other on the everyday.
  — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2020
• But just like every team in the NFL, hope springs eternal in Week 1.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2021
• Hope springs eternal for the Tigers because of the prospects in their minor league system.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2021
• Hope for the success of the alien apocalypse springs eternal.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2021
• Green shoots of hope reign eternal for both seagrass and sea cow, among those who study and love them most.
  — Jim Waymer, USA TODAY, 8 May 2021
• Part of what makes multiple versions of the play eternal, for him, is simply the ritual.
  — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2020
• Hope springs eternal for Elmer Fudd come rabbit season!
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
• Still, hope springs eternal, especially with the wildness of small sample sizes.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2020
• Like last March, frustration has grown in the absence of any resolution, but for Turell, the team, and its supporters, their faith is more cemented in the eternal.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2021
• Because of that, and because many of these species live in hard-to-survey regions, many of the announcements this past year declared species possibly or probably lost, a sign that hope springs eternal.
  — John R. Platt, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2021
• His eternal cant of smug victimhood — the one sane man in a sea of ignorance, rejected by his own community and harassed by the mainstream media — was more believable when Richard Nixon was doing it.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021
• Hope springs eternal, but keep your expectations realistic.
  — oregonlive, 2 July 2020
• As a writer, Robinson is a direct descendant of Frost, carrying on his tradition of careful, democratic observations of this country’s landscapes and its people, perpetually keeping one eye on the eternal and the other on the everyday.
  — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2020

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