eternity
noun
eter·ni·ty
i-ˈtər-nə-tē 
plural eternities
1
: the quality or state of being eternal
2
: infinite time
lasting throughout eternity
3
4
: the state after death : immortality
5
: a seemingly endless or immeasurable time
an eternity of delays
Examples of eternity in a Sentence
They believed that sinners would spend eternity in hell.
We suffered through an eternity of delays during the lawsuit.
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The girls are stationary in the car for only a few seconds, but in the morning, the photos achieve awe, scorn and eternity.
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Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
Best View There’s no bad view along this hike, but the perspective from the grove of Torrey Pines gives you a broad field of vision that takes in the grasslands, cliffs, and Pacific that stretches on for eternity.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 30 May 2025
In a thousand-year-old sport where a split second can decide everything, two months will probably feel like an eternity.
—Matt Moret, New York Times, 29 May 2025
The rapture once preached and beckoned in churches has been repackaged for secular times: In place of souls ascending to heaven, there are minds preserved digitally—or even bodies kept alive—for eternity.
—John Kaag, The Atlantic, 28 May 2025
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Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
Best View There’s no bad view along this hike, but the perspective from the grove of Torrey Pines gives you a broad field of vision that takes in the grasslands, cliffs, and Pacific that stretches on for eternity.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 30 May 2025
In a thousand-year-old sport where a split second can decide everything, two months will probably feel like an eternity.
—Matt Moret, New York Times, 29 May 2025
The rapture once preached and beckoned in churches has been repackaged for secular times: In place of souls ascending to heaven, there are minds preserved digitally—or even bodies kept alive—for eternity.
—John Kaag, The Atlantic, 28 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for eternity
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“Eternity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eternity. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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eternity
noun
eter·ni·ty
i-ˈtər-nət-ē
plural eternities
1
: the quality or state of being eternal
2
: endless time
3
: the state after death : immortality
4
: time that seems to be endless
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