How to Use eventual in a Sentence

eventual

adjective
  • The case could be on an eventual track to the Supreme Court.
    Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Hanas from the corner finds Dureau in the slot for the hat trick and the eventual winner.
    Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The eventual result will be the same: Fires too big to put out.
    Thomas Hoenig, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2023
  • What must the eventual starter demonstrate in order to earn the job?
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
  • His homer on Monday put the Tigers ahead 2-0 in the eventual 4-3 win to clinch the series.
    Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al, 18 June 2022
  • That put them in a four-run hole in an eventual 6-4 loss to the Rockies at Coors Field.
    Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 19 July 2025
  • Betts hit a three-run home run to left field, putting the Dodgers back in front for good in an eventual 9-6 win.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
  • Your eventual goal is a glossy, uniform paste that coats the back of a spoon (but doesn’t stick).
    Bon Appétit, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The ones who stick around will share in your eventual success.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • At the time, that eventual Volunteers road win helped put them on the map.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Now that eventual 12-team Big 12 might be the worst-case scenario.
    Dallas News, 19 July 2022
  • This will be the eventual fate of our own sun, and solar system.
    Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
  • That ended when the New York Yankees chased him in the third inning of an eventual 10-7 loss to the Yankees.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 29 May 2023
  • And then Gay doesn’t get back into the paint quickly enough to prevent the eventual dunk.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Nor does there seem to be much progress in planning for an eventual handoff of the Baikonur project to Kazakhstan.
    Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Garner ran for three touchdowns and threw a 5-yard TD pass that proved to be the eventual game-winner.
    al, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The song climbed to No. 4 the prior month, becoming P!nk’s first career top five hit (of an eventual eight to date).
    Xander Zellner, Billboard, 18 Aug. 2023
  • If the Senate gets 60 votes to break a filibuster, the bill is on a glidepath to eventual passage.
    Chad Pergram, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • However, the club fell 2-1 to the eventual champions and her new club Gotham FC.
    James Weber, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2024
  • How quickly Erin strengthens in the coming days could be the key factor in its eventual path.
    Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Each of the last three seasons, the eventual season champ has prevailed in the season-opener.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Tillman followed orders and sat out the rest of a 66-14 win en route to an eventual CCS title.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2024
  • The eventual reveal of what Harry’s project is pretty much says it all.
    Will Harris, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Tambe, the eventual 3A state singles champion, jumped out to a 2-0 lead and had three break points on Selvan to increase the lead.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2024
  • In the meantime, the lender uses the car as collateral to secure the loan until the eventual payoff.
    Ashley Donohoe, Car and Driver, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The lawmakers have a track record of picking the eventual winner.
    Sanya Mansoor, Time, 4 Oct. 2022
  • O’Connor sang from a young age, forming the band Ton Ton Macoute in her teens, which led to her eventual solo career.
    Vulture, 26 July 2023
  • To me, these are details that need to be shared—and not just as a dramatic prelude to the eventual happy ending.
    Ron Shaich, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The operation occurred more than 100 miles away from the eventual flood zone.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • There seems to be a lot of optimism surrounding McLaurin's eventual return.
    Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Aug. 2025

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