Example sentences for: perpetual

How can you use “perpetual” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In an era of seemingly perpetual ethnic hostilities, Malaysia can be proud of a unique achievement — the coexistence of the three most prominent peoples of Asia: Malays (mostly Muslim), Chinese (mostly Buddhist), and Indians (many Hindu).

  • Actually, it's tempting to say that the state of perpetual turmoil that characterizes advertising today has characterized the industry since the modern era of advertising began sometime in the early 1920s.

  • The English king ordered his general to “burn Edinburgh town so there may remain forever a perpetual memory of the vengeance of God lightened upon the Scots. ”

  • Praise goes to Kirstie Alley, who plays an aging ex-model now in the lingerie business: "Less frenetic than Lucy, more mature than Mary" (Richard Corliss, Time ). The Washington Post 's Tom Shales dissents, calling Alley unwatchably neurotic and "in a virtually perpetual feverish tizzy."

  • Both teams have 1) "powerhouse" offenses; 2) heroic quarterbacks; and 3) perpetual underdog status.


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