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eternity

[ih-tur-ni-tee] / ɪˈtɜr nɪ ti /


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Getting there from Boston takes an eternity but helpful staff lessen the blow a bit - though on the whole, they don't really know their way around either.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

“She had succeeded in so many allegedly difficult situations that there’s not too much more you could throw at her. But six years is an eternity in politics. So here we are again.”

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

Every minute feels like an hour, and every hour feels like an eternity.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

Or is space-time — the manifold of all the events that happen throughout eternity — merely something that occurs?

From Science Daily Jun. 8, 2026

I squeezed his hand again, worried he was about to doom us to an eternity at Oak Hill Manor.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

“The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness,” wrote Vladimir Nabokov.

From New York Times Jul. 29, 2021

I think back on how those long, slow last days with Tessa, free from distractions at work or worry about bills, seemed to last eternities.

From Washington Post Apr. 8, 2021

Chidi and Eleanor had eternities on end together, but when Chidi traded his philosophy texts for a copy of The Da Vinci Code, it was clear that his end, at least, was nigh.

From Slate Jan. 31, 2020

In Brandon, for eternities, they’ll fondly remember his varsity debut against Petal.

From Seattle Times Apr. 25, 2019

She stares at him for a few seconds that feel like eternities, then blinks a few times and seems to come back to herself.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone




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