eternity

noun

eter·ni·ty | \ i-ˈtər-nə-tē

plural eternities

Definition of eternity

1 : the quality or state of being eternal

2 : infinite time lasting throughout eternity

3 eternities plural : age sense 3b

4 : the state after death : immortality

5 : a seemingly endless or immeasurable time an eternity of delays

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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 synth-y, pop-heavy songs create the perfect breakup mix that people everywhere will by jamming to for the rest of eternity. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "Signs That Ariana Grande’s “Ghostin” Lyrics Are About Mac Miller and Pete Davidson," 8 Feb. 2019 Don’t worry, there’s a new planet hunter: meet TESS Now out of fuel, Kepler will remain in its orbit, which is around 400 times farther from us than the moon, for eternity. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "NASA retired Kepler, a telescope that discovered thousands of worlds beyond our solar system," 1 Nov. 2018 Meanwhile, Tate is also probably still trying to win back Violet Harmon's affections (potentially buoyed by the fact that they're trapped together in the house for eternity). — Claire Dodson, Teen Vogue, "Classic "American Horror Story" Characters Are Coming Back for "Apocalypse"," 31 Aug. 2018 Just excruciating, horrible, liver eating over and over for eternity. — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, "Think these movies are too gory? The Greek myths they're based on are worse," 12 July 2018 The prospect of eternity stretching out, with nothing to do but trying different goofy things to pass the time, is theoretically perfect for a sitcom. — Eric Thurm, Esquire, "The Good Place Is Like No Other Comedy on Television–And That's a Great Thing," 18 Jan. 2018 That’s a marked change from Bungie’s last split, which saw Microsoft retaining ownership of Halo for all eternity. — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, "This week in games: Bungie divorces Activision, Epic gives our favorite game of 2017 away for free," 11 Jan. 2019 Your contacts aren’t made of a magical substance that’s designed to last for all eternity. — Korin Miller, SELF, "Is It Terrible to Wear the Same Contact Lenses for a Long, Long Time?," 19 Oct. 2018 By any measure, Hell is a cruel and oppressive concept: a place where sinners suffer unspeakable torments for all eternity for sins committed during their mortal lives. — Scott G. Bruce, WSJ, "Do We Still Need to Believe in Hell?," 13 Sep. 2018

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