How to Use eventually in a Sentence

eventually

adverb
  • I am sure that we'll succeed eventually.
  • Eventually, I did get better and returned to work.
  • Her constant campaigning eventually got her the nomination.
  • This plant eventually reaches a height of 15 feet.
  • The blood trail was sparse, but Haack eventually followed it to the edge of small pond on the property.
    Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 20 Dec. 2023
  • In the last two, three years, there were a lot of younger comics who moved out here in the hopes that Rogan’s club would eventually open up.
    Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
  • The witness said those men eventually got into Grayam's truck and the three drove away.
    Stephen Smith, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The two are forced to share a space and eventually team up to attend a charity gala.
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Kelley was brought onto the show as a writer and eventually took over the reins as the head writer.
    Courtney Young, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The dam eventually broke, as it’s bound to do when your offense is so anemic.
    Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2023
  • But a slump of an inch per year would eventually become an inch per hour.
    Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2023
  • The hope is to expand to key markets, along with eventually adding footwear, women’s and kids’ lines.
    Doug Ferguson, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
  • In the fourth, North Central put the first two runners on and eventually loaded the bases, but only pushed one run across.
    Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star, 29 May 2023
  • Is there any chance the Bears don’t eventually move to Arlington Heights?
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2023
  • When the end of the show came, Remo appeared to not want to leave the stage and the cheering crowd, though he was eventually ushered off by his big sister.
    Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Some 350 were eventually sent east to the Berga forced labor camp, where a number perished.
    Richard Hurowitz, Time, 19 Aug. 2023
  • And, as he has been asked so many times before in his career, Curry will eventually be asked to clean it up.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The wound becomes red and moist, with pus and eventually yellowish scabs.
    Parents Editors, Parents, 3 Sep. 2023
  • In Twohy’s screenplay, Kimble eventually learns that the one-armed man worked for the coal mine a decade earlier, and lost his limb in a mine collapse.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2023
  • White eventually gave the program a try, and the tasks of planting, harvesting and watering soon grew on him.
    Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Less than 2% of these defendants chose to go to trial, and of that group, less than 1 in 5 were eventually acquitted.
    Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 21 June 2023
  • Musk and Twitter’s board eventually came to an agreement to close the transaction.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The suspect eventually came out of the house unarmed and was taken into custody.
    Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
  • The honeymoon phase didn’t last long, though, and Billy eventually asked Ann for a divorce.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The ceiling is high for Howard, and can eventually turn into a second or third scoring option in the future.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 23 June 2023
  • Irwin began punching Dickson and eventually stabbed him with a knife, the charges said.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 1 June 2023
  • Videos show the bear floating leisurely in the waves before turning to swim back toward the shore, eventually reaching the sand near a group of onlookers.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
  • Once at the gate, due to a shift in weight and balance during deplaning, the tail of the aircraft tipped backward causing the nose of the aircraft to lift up and eventually return back down.
    Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Once that’s complete, the project will extend into the Bay Area and eventually Los Angeles.
    Mike Gagliardi, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2023
  • During a total solar eclipse, the moon eventually lines up perfectly between the Earth and the sun, blocking out light.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 1 Apr. 2024

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