7 sentences with 'eternal'
Example sentences and phrases with the word eternal and other words derived from it.
• « Adam and Eve were expelled from Paradise so that they would not eat from the tree of eternal life, but that happened when they had already tasted the forbidden fruit. »
• « At the same time, one of the ways in which medieval elites tried to shore up their chances of avoiding eternal damnation was to leave land and wealth in their wills to monasteries and convents. »
• « Medieval depictions of hell were filled with the image of priests, monks and nuns, all plummeting into the fire to face eternal torment for the profoundly poor work they had done in life to fulfil the moral demands of their respective vocations. »
• « In other words, Pascal said that there was nothing fixed or eternal or God-given about royal decrees and laws; they were arbitrary customs imposed by the state. »
• « The importance of the work of scientists to Enlightenment thinkers cannot be overstated, because works such as Newton's Mathematical Principles demonstrated the existence of eternal and immutable laws of nature (which may or may not have anything to do with God) that were completely rational and comprehensible to humans. »
• « Britain was both France's eternal adversary in 18th century warfare and the starkest contrast in politics. »