in the Bible
: the first woman, the wife of Adam, and the mother of Cain and Abel
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Examples of eve in a Sentence
Noun (1)
from morn to eve the settlers toiled to eke a living from the harsh land
Recent Examples on the Web
Gordon S. Wood, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
Slated to film in the United Kingdom, France, Scandinavia and Portugal in 2025, the project’s logline is as follows: On the eve of the French Revolution, an impoverished young Englishwoman makes the bold decision to leave her life according to the ideals of the enlightenment.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 July 2024
This past Sunday, the designer and I sat down on the eve of his latest collection walking the runway, not to talk about the clothes or any of those fashion rumors, but to chat about the one thing everyone can’t stop talking about: His nails.
—Hunter Abrams, Vogue, 1 July 2024
On the eve of a blizzard in January, 2022, Karen Read and her boyfriend, the Boston Police Department officer John O’Keefe—both in their forties, their relationship troubled—went out drinking with some friends at a couple of bars in Canton, Massachusetts.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
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Noun
Every colony on the eve of the Revolution had its share of brilliant politicians.
—Gordon S. Wood, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
Slated to film in the United Kingdom, France, Scandinavia and Portugal in 2025, the project’s logline is as follows: On the eve of the French Revolution, an impoverished young Englishwoman makes the bold decision to leave her life according to the ideals of the enlightenment.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 July 2024
This past Sunday, the designer and I sat down on the eve of his latest collection walking the runway, not to talk about the clothes or any of those fashion rumors, but to chat about the one thing everyone can’t stop talking about: His nails.
—Hunter Abrams, Vogue, 1 July 2024
On the eve of a blizzard in January, 2022, Karen Read and her boyfriend, the Boston Police Department officer John O’Keefe—both in their forties, their relationship troubled—went out drinking with some friends at a couple of bars in Canton, Massachusetts.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
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“Eve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eve. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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