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.
• The ball hung in the air for what felt like an eternity.
  — Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 6 Dec. 2020
• The ball soared in the air for what seemed like an eternity.
  — Mark Daniels, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2021
• 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
• While the state of the race looks promising, Democrats know that three weeks add up to an eternity in the age of Trump.
  — Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2020
• 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
• The finish line may be in sight but this last stretch of the marathon feels like an eternity.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2021
• But the children have missed school and their friends, and for them a month is an eternity.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2020
• Josh Niblett’s team hasn’t played for the title since 2017 – an eternity for the Bucs.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 10 Aug. 2020
• Poor Bron Breaker took an eternity to cut through the chains around the cage door.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
• There are a couple of clips that will live rent-free in my mind for the rest of eternity.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 21 June 2021
• Where did God take them if not to some eternity with him?
  — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 3 June 2021
• At a time when the world is shifting on a dime, that might as well be an eternity.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2020
• You’ve been told as much for eternity, or since third grade.
  — Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
• And the election is still nearly five months away -- an eternity in the Trump era.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 10 June 2020
• But three years is an eternity in the electric car world.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 30 Apr. 2020
• Five years feels like an eternity compared to the past three months.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 30 June 2020
• Manuel had to take three weeks away from the pool in March and April, an eternity for a swimmer training for the Olympics.
  — Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2021
• Despite his best efforts, he was forced to keep pushing the rock up the hill for the rest of eternity.
  — Mario Fraioli, Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2021
• 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
• Twelve months ago seems an eternity away at this point.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2021
• To stand in front of one is to be humbled, to confronted by a chunk of eternity.
  — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2021
• 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
• Thanks to the pandemic and other factors, this would be the first shows that Bruce and the band had played together in six years — an eternity for a group that thrives on performing live.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2024
• Resist the temptation to swing right for a view of the Bronze Fonz, a perky yet not entirely convincing statue of Henry Winkler, thumbs erect for all eternity.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024