eternal flame
noun
: a small fire that is kept burning as a symbol to show that something will never end
light an eternal flame
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One of the most poignant choices is to intercut scratchy film of the train that in 1921 transported the Unknown Soldier to Rome in a coffin draped with patriotic banners and flowers, to be enshrined in the Altar of the Fatherland with an eternal flame at the Vittorio Emanuele II monument.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Lighting his cigarette with the eternal flame.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
An eternal flame sculpture with lighting to mimic the flame.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2025
And maybe fewer of us would associate the word with that tiny eternal flame in our gas stove.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Thatcher couldn’t stand the idea of an eternal flame, which had been mooted.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
The choreography was impeccable, the setting majestic, as the leaders of France and Britain made their way up the Champs-Elysées this week to pay their respects at the eternal flame beneath the Arc de Triomphe.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2024
The eternal flame now emerged from the center of a five-foot-long circular stone above a sea of Cape Cod granite.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
If coupled up already, use this eternal flame to fan the spark between you.
—Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2024
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Lighting his cigarette with the eternal flame.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
An eternal flame sculpture with lighting to mimic the flame.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2025
And maybe fewer of us would associate the word with that tiny eternal flame in our gas stove.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Thatcher couldn’t stand the idea of an eternal flame, which had been mooted.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
The choreography was impeccable, the setting majestic, as the leaders of France and Britain made their way up the Champs-Elysées this week to pay their respects at the eternal flame beneath the Arc de Triomphe.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2024
The eternal flame now emerged from the center of a five-foot-long circular stone above a sea of Cape Cod granite.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
If coupled up already, use this eternal flame to fan the spark between you.
—Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2024
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“Eternal flame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eternal%20flame. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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