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US
/iˈtɝnəti, ɪˈtɝnəti/
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[ UK /ɪtˈɜːnɪti/ ]
[ UK /ɪtˈɜːnɪti/ ]
NOUN
- time without end
- a seemingly endless time interval (waiting)
- a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife
How To Use eternity In A Sentence
- The term comprehended the whole nation, and no one will contend that the choice spoken of indicated that every Jew was safe for eternity. The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election
- Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. Kahlil Gibran
- Life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.In the depths of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond; and like seeds dreaming beneath the snow, your heart dreams of spring. Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. Kahlil Gibran
- You feel like Sisyphus - condemned to roll that same damn rock up the same damn hill for all eternity, only to watch it roll back down inches from the top.
- Old and new lie next to one another, mixed and intermingled; the ancient is about to pass away, while the modern is geared for eternity, or at least for a kalpa which seems to us eternal.
- To Scott it seemed like Mary took an eternity to make up her mind.
- They haven't been given these rights for eternity - they should justify having them just like most other people have to.
- Eternity starts here; worldly aggrandizement is dust" Photography by Diana Ricci. And now for something a little different
- You know how it is when to stay feels like an eternity of misery, even with the promise of a multi-tiered orchid-bestrewn imported from the UK chocolate wedding cake? June 2005
- It has seemed like an eternity as I've been desperate to get out on to that track and prove myself again at world level.