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Meanings of eternal in английском

Continuing forever or indefinitely.

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Tiresomely long; seemingly without end.

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Examples for "endless"
1
The list is endless; it's a wonder anyone can find a home.
The Guardian
2
There have been endless talking points but as yet no turning point.
Reuters
3
Now we are being subjected to endless speculation about a future government.
The Irish Times
4
Global equities and risk assets appear set for surfing an endless summer.
The Irish Times
5
You ride your bike as fast as possible for 60 endless minutes.
The Guardian
1
The dancing went on; she was waltzing now in the interminable german.
Indian Summer
2
Hilda remained listening in the lobby to the interminable and rambling instruction.
Hilda Lessways
3
The collie came last; it seemed an interminable time before he appeared.
Three Years in Tristan da Cunha
4
The days in prison are interminable, and the nights have nameless terrors.
Within an Inch of His Life
5
And all the time the heavy footstep was ascending the interminable staircase.
Hilda Lessways
Usage of eternal in английском
1
The high priest said to Houphouët, 'All right, you want eternal power.
The masque of africa: glimpses of african belief
2
Experience certainly suggests one outcome over the other but hope springs eternal.
The Guardian
3
But this great superstitious fear was, however, part of Benedict's eternal charm.
Prince Lestat
4
Live neither in the present nor the future, but in the eternal.
Light on the Path and Through the Gates of Gold
5
Let temporal things be in the use, eternal things in the desire.
The Imitation of Christ
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They made it possible for him to exist in the eternal present.
The Scarlet Gospels
7
Obscene though the crime was, eternal damnation was several punishments too far.
First among sequels
8
Pringle appeared in the doorway in his eternal hunt for the tea-things.
The Happiest Time of Their Lives
9
Rather he deserves their eternal gratitude and the freedom of west London.
The Guardian
10
The infinite and eternal in itself is the same as the Divine.
Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence
11
Hundreds of families were devastated, gifted eternal grief by a draconian state.
The Guardian
12
The beauty of the notes was eternal; no use could stale it.
The Price of Love
13
Men pass from fixed prejudices; the church is eternal in its purpose.
An Arkansas Planter
14
He suspected Fiona's friends saw right through him to his eternal devotion.
Gingham bride
15
The return of the dead is the eternal riddle of the living.
The Return of Peter Grimm
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The two little children had taken their parts in the eternal drama.
The Inferno
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Eternal across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
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