in the Bible
: the first woman, the wife of Adam, and the mother of Cain and Abel
Synonyms
Examples of eve in a Sentence
Noun (1)
from morn to eve the settlers toiled to eke a living from the harsh land
Recent Examples on the Web
Colleen Slevin, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024
On the eve of your wedding, give your bridal party a set of matching Madewell Freshwater Pearl Chain Studs to wear down the aisle.
—Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
After attempting to work within Catt’s National American Woman Suffrage Association, Paul soon forms a splinter group, with the more streamlined named National Woman’s Party, and sets out to organize a march in Washington in 1913 on the eve of Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
The eve of the election is known as Devil’s Night when candidates and their campaign teams are notorious for resorting to underhand means to skew results in their favor such as by buying votes.
—Rod McGuirk, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2024
On eve of Trump's New York hush money trial, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg touts drop in violent crime
The process of overseeing Manhattan's Veteran Treatment Court has become a ritual for Merchan, who oversees both the Veteran and Mental Health courts in New York.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2024
Robert wrote a letter to his ex and their children in November 1994, on the eve of O.J.’s trial.
—Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
The Captain’s confession takes us through the closing days of the Vietnam War and into Los Angeles’ Vietnamese exile community, from the tarmac on the eve of Saigon’s fall to the snooty halls of academia to the chaotic set of a Hollywood movie about the war.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
On the eve of a trial over the death of 38-year-old Apple engineer Walter Huang, who died in 2018 when his Model X hit a highway barrier, Tesla settled the lawsuit on Monday, Bloomberg reported.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
Noun
The 12 students and a teacher killed in the Columbine High School shooting will be remembered Friday, April 19, 2024, in a vigil on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the tragedy.
—Colleen Slevin, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024
On the eve of your wedding, give your bridal party a set of matching Madewell Freshwater Pearl Chain Studs to wear down the aisle.
—Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
After attempting to work within Catt’s National American Woman Suffrage Association, Paul soon forms a splinter group, with the more streamlined named National Woman’s Party, and sets out to organize a march in Washington in 1913 on the eve of Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
The eve of the election is known as Devil’s Night when candidates and their campaign teams are notorious for resorting to underhand means to skew results in their favor such as by buying votes.
—Rod McGuirk, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2024
On eve of Trump's New York hush money trial, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg touts drop in violent crime
The process of overseeing Manhattan's Veteran Treatment Court has become a ritual for Merchan, who oversees both the Veteran and Mental Health courts in New York.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2024
Robert wrote a letter to his ex and their children in November 1994, on the eve of O.J.’s trial.
—Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
The Captain’s confession takes us through the closing days of the Vietnam War and into Los Angeles’ Vietnamese exile community, from the tarmac on the eve of Saigon’s fall to the snooty halls of academia to the chaotic set of a Hollywood movie about the war.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
On the eve of a trial over the death of 38-year-old Apple engineer Walter Huang, who died in 2018 when his Model X hit a highway barrier, Tesla settled the lawsuit on Monday, Bloomberg reported.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Eve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eve. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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