Meanings of seem an eternity in English

Seventy or eighty years seem an eternity when that's how long we live.

Those two years seem an eternity when you see where both teams are now.

I have only been here a few hours, I should judge, but it did seem an eternity.

Wobblier moments arrive with the bad guitar solos and dated rock from new, inappropriately-titled album Zeitgeist, when the grunge years suddenly seem an eternity ago.

But reach it they did, after what seemed an eternity of suspense.

I do as he says and wait for what seems an eternity.

Then, after what seemed an eternity, I heard footsteps on the stairs.

Then, after what seemed an eternity of confusion, a light flashed on.

It seemed an eternity before the butler returned to Mr. Hamlin's study.

After what seemed an eternity, the door opened, and Hannah peered out.

Hawke stared into those dark brown eyes for what seemed an eternity.

She hadn't seen him in seven months, which seemed an eternity to her.

Twenty-eight days in our soul-crushing detention centres still seems an eternity.

Though it seemed an eternity, I'd been buried roughly ten minutes.

After what seemed an eternity, the gray dawn appeared on the eastern horizon.

These seconds of watching seemed an eternity to the frantic mother.