in the Bible
: the first woman, the wife of Adam, and the mother of Cain and Abel
Examples of eve in a Sentence
Noun (1)
from morn to eve the settlers toiled to eke a living from the harsh land
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Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
Now in a new interview with People, Gellar criticized the decision to cancel the reboot, and also the timing of the decision, which came on the eve of Zhao going to the Oscars (where Zhao had received two nominations).
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
And a poll released on the eve of the primary by YouGov, an online research firm, predicted Cornyn would get barely a third of the Republican vote.
—Karen Brooks Harper
austin Bureau, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
Churchill, of course, was the British World War II leader who, in the dark days of the war against Hitler’s Nazi Germany, raised the spirits of the English people on the eve of a potential Nazi invasion.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
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When Camus first imagined great replacement theory in Hérault on the eve of the twenty-first century, his conspiracy theory staggered around the fringes of global politics.
—Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
Now in a new interview with People, Gellar criticized the decision to cancel the reboot, and also the timing of the decision, which came on the eve of Zhao going to the Oscars (where Zhao had received two nominations).
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
And a poll released on the eve of the primary by YouGov, an online research firm, predicted Cornyn would get barely a third of the Republican vote.
—Karen Brooks Harper
austin Bureau, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
Churchill, of course, was the British World War II leader who, in the dark days of the war against Hitler’s Nazi Germany, raised the spirits of the English people on the eve of a potential Nazi invasion.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for eve
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“Eve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eve. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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