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
  • That was two years ago, though, which is an eternity in the world of tech.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 14 Aug. 2017
  • 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
  • And like ghosts, our boos will haunt you for all of eternity.
    — Stephanie Farr, Philly.com, 5 June 2018
  • 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
  • His time away from the game must have felt like an eternity.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 18 Jan. 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 | [email protected], 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
  • When the glass of milk is already poured, that amount of time feels like an eternity.
    — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 10 Dec. 2019
  • 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
  • The kind of shot that will haunt Big Ten highlights for eternity.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025
  • As salt gives sharpness and longer life to food, so too is the covenant blessed with eternity.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 19 Mar. 2018
  • You’ve been told as much for eternity, or since third grade.
    — Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The Door is the breach that leads to the Valley Beyond, where the hosts can live undisturbed for all eternity.
    — refinery29.com, 25 June 2018
  • For many of us, the next four years under Trump feel like an eternity.
    — S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
  • And the election is still nearly five months away -- an eternity in the Trump era.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 10 June 2020
  • The theme song from Growing Pains is locked in my brain for eternity.
    — Dan Fogelman, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2017
  • But three years is an eternity in the electric car world.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 30 Apr. 2020
  • Like Steiner’s, Domer’s event is quick, but 8 seconds would be an eternity in breakaway roping.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The next 10 minutes or so seemed like an eternity before they were reunited, Higley told the Idaho Statesman.
    — Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2025

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