Sample Sentences forperpetual (editor-reviewed)
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A perpetual flame burns beside the grave of John F. Kennedy.perpetual = continuing forever
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Her perpetual lateness annoyed the teacher and disrupted the class.perpetual = happening so often it feels constant
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The mountain’s peak was covered in perpetual snow, even during the summer.perpetual = continuing forever
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She has a perpetual ironic smirk.perpetual = happening so often it feels constant
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A machine capable of perpetual motion without input of outside energy is impossible according to the laws of thermodynamics.
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…the younger children had perpetual colds… (source)perpetual = occurring so frequently it seems continual
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An old lady stood there smiling, her dentures glowing white in the perpetual green twilight of the hallway. (source)perpetual = changeless (continuing forever without change)
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And despite his overdeveloped social conscience, he was no tight-lipped, perpetually grim do-gooder who frowned on fun. (source)perpetually = always
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It's perpetual motion; the thing man wanted to invent but never did. (source)perpetual = continuing forever without change
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With a convulsion of the mind, Ralph discovered dirt and decay, understood how much he disliked perpetually flicking the tangled hair out of his eyes, and at last, when the sun was gone, rolling noisily to rest among dry leaves. (source)perpetually = continually
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The effect would be much the same if the three super-states, instead of fighting one another, should agree to live in perpetual peace, each inviolate within its own boundaries. (source)perpetual = continuing forever without change
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In all their talk they came perpetually back to one thing: where was Smaug? (source)perpetually = continually
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He never had enough, and suffered from perpetual hunger pangs. (source)perpetual = continual (always there)
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She was in her thirties, unmarried, perpetually sipping herbal tea. (source)perpetually = continually; or always
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— but their physical resemblance must be a source of perpetual confusion to the gulls that fly overhead. (source)perpetual = continual
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She's known to be exceedingly pushy, egotistical, cunning, calculating and perpetually dissatisfied.† (source)
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