eternity
Example Sentences
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It treats all of eternity — that is, all of space-time — as an existing structure, and takes the passage of time to be an illusion.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
“Stobaeus offers his son a strictly pagan view of the afterlife, as a grim and joyless eternity spent underground.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
His mother planned every detail of those very first, life-changing flights with her son in mind, and that gift is one formative enough to last an eternity.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
When one morning turns into an eternity, you don’t ask for the bill.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
I considered her words and wondered why someone would willingly punish herself for all eternity.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing eternity
"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell
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"Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson
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Brown Girl Dreaming
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