How to Use nirvana in a Sentence

nirvana

noun
  • Ann wrote about the broiler as your best path to shrimp nirvana.
    The Washington Post, 27 May 2020
  • There is soon going to be a means of reaching this gleeful nirvana.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
  • That legendary run came at the height of big bass nirvana at Lake Fork.
    Matt Williams, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Given what the market can see, it could almost be said to have reached nirvana.
    Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Here are five tips for helping your indoor cat reach feline nirvana.
    Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Keep scrolling for a full flat-lay look at this glimmering nail-polish nirvana.
    Karina Hoshikawa, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Dreaming of a harvestable nirvana in a matchbox yard?
    Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Skiing in a pair of well-fitting boots in bottomless pow is snow-sports nirvana.
    Ryan Wichelns, Outside Online, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Spotlighting just one song per episode, this is a nirvana for any music nerd searching for a deep cut.
    Emma Dibdin, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Their souls, not their bodies, would evolve into alien beings and be whisked away to outer-space nirvana.
    Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 13 Dec. 2020
  • Take that little moment of nirvana to the next level with a pair of down booties to keep your feet warm while hanging out.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Sports heaven is a one-possession game this time of year with so much more unpredictable nirvana to come.
    Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 15 Mar. 2021
  • For the congee, remove the nirvana chicken from the braising liquid and set aside.
    Jennifer Day, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Yet the Democrats thought that was going to be political nirvana.
    Fox News, 28 July 2018
  • That’s a nirvana that most salespeople never reach, and Reda knows why.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Life away from home wasn’t the parent-free nirvana a teen might imagine — an elite athlete does little other than train.
    Angela Haupt, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2019
  • That little bump on the road to physics nirvana can be overcome by going to more complicated ions.
    Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Here, the life of these two attractive hipsters is something of a progressive nirvana.
    NBC News, 4 Apr. 2018
  • My sensei explained only by moving my hips back and keeping my arms straight would the nirvana of a wheelie be attained.
    Peter Rubin, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2012
  • In a quest for a double dose of potential aural nirvana, there are surely some fans who will attend both concerts.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Manju and his older brother, Radha, have been raised from an early age to ascend to that nirvana.
    Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, 9 Jan. 2017
  • The companies have depicted the deal as bringing the nirvana of lower prices to consumers.
    Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • True outerwear nirvana can be found only one place — in the cozy embrace of the leather (or faux leather, for vegans) jacket.
    Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
  • All Americans would then march hand-in-hand toward a nirvana of permanent comity.
    Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 25 June 2018
  • The concept of nirvana in Buddhism, for example, cannot be summed up neatly in human language.
    Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The notion of a fisherman’s Zen is overplayed, but whatever your thing may be, there are moments that verge on nirvana.
    Dennis Wagner, azcentral, 5 May 2018
  • Last year was nirvana for retirement investors, but don't expect a repeat in 2018.
    Robert Powell, USA TODAY, 30 May 2018
  • For more than a decade, we’ve been promised that a world without passwords is just around the corner, and yet year after year, this security nirvana proves out of reach.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 6 May 2022
  • Time Last year was nirvana for retirement investors, but don't expect a repeat in 2018.
    Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 1 May 2018
  • Those were the decades when downtown Dallas was deemed solely a place to do business and outlying neighborhoods were the nirvana to return home to.
    Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2020

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