adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
eternal optimist (= he always believes that good things will happen )
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He’s an eternal optimist .
eternal triangle
eternal verities
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the eternal verities of life
hope springs eternal (= used to say that people will always hope for something )
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It is unlikely these diets will work, but hope springs eternal.
sb's eternal/undying gratitude (= used to emphasize how extremely grateful you are )
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The doctors who saved my daughter have my undying gratitude.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
damnation
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The Pope has put betting - with tax-dodging and reading horoscopes - on a list of sins that risk eternal damnation .
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And stargazers who slavishly read those horoscopes are set for the sign of eternal damnation .
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He preached heavenly redemption, eternal damnation and very little in between.
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Doomed to eternal damnation from Sinatra's own special brand of heaven.
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All swore, on pain of excommunication and eternal damnation , to protect and uphold the peace of the land.
life
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Because of his obedience he had been granted the gift of eternal life .
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For a lifetime pharaohs would carefully hoard possessions to carry with them on their journey into eternal life .
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In the sky Re made the stars and placed for eternal life .
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For all his odd and scary views, Buchanan has played the fear card like a snake oil salesman hawking eternal life .
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What do we know? eternal life .
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So, basically, a 401-K plan or eternal life are pretty much the same thing.
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They could only have believed that tanks had eternal lives .
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In fact, eternal life would be a calamity.
love
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I just had a man round here declaring eternal love .
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Overcome with remorse she swears eternal love to him, at which he recovers.
punishment
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When dawn finally arrived, an ill-rested city streamed to witness the cause of its apprehension being sent to her eternal punishment .
truth
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Secondly, their eyes are on eternal truth , of which each party deems itself the sole defender.
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I simply thought this was an inviolate, eternal truth .
youth
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Neither was a spiritualist, but both connected contemporary ideas of earthbound survival with the ancient superstition of eternal youth .
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For him she begged the gift of immortality from her fellow gods, but neglected to specify eternal youth as well.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Church members express a belief in eternal life after death.
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Night after night, Manson was aware of his eternal hunger.
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people searching for eternal youth
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The possibility of eternal life is a principle belief of many religions.
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the search for eternal youth
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even eternal salvation has become something sold in the marketplace.
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Making the right choices, like protecting freedom, demands eternal vigilance.
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Many of these leave a very big question mark as to their eternal significance.
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The eternal quest for immortality will be in vain until we know the answer - unfortunately, we don't.
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The conflict between mind and machine might be resolved at last in the eternal truce of complete symbiosis....
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Their sharp, shuddery relevance to our own eternal conflicts shows clear.
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They could only have believed that tanks had eternal lives.
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Yet, surely, the eternal verities of any game still apply.