How to Use eureka in a Sentence

eureka

adjective
  • The eureka moment worked, with the tiny symbol helping to imprint the brand name on consumer tastes.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 June 2018
  • Then the host had a eureka moment that changed television for good.
    Kyle Swenson, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2018
  • His eureka moment came in a New York hotel room while reviewing the original receipts for the steel dies used to make the coins.
    Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2017
  • That provides a parallel to Uncle Lester’s problem that leads to a eureka moment for both of them.
    Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 14 June 2017
  • But recently, my daughter sparked a eureka moment about my leg.
    Abby Langer, SELF, 17 Aug. 2017
  • A few years ago, Branson—a 35-year-old branding professional with a three-centuries-old family farm in the north of England—had a sort of eureka moment.
    Corey Seymour, Vogue, 1 June 2018
  • The industry legend already did so four years ago, with his 586-page memoir, The Soundtrack of My Life, which unpacked the many eureka moments of a five-decade career as a hitmaker.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2017
  • There were very few eureka moments in Comey's testimony.
    Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 8 June 2017
  • Advertisement This eureka moment played into a major fashion trend at the time.
    Madeline Buxton, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Sure, journalists might focus on the eureka moment or the fascinating details of the methods some scientist used.
    Adam Rogers, WIRED, 16 May 2018
  • But surely there are eureka moments, when someone is suddenly struck by an idea that materializes from nowhere?
    Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman, Smithsonian, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Lacking those eureka bursts, Upheaval settles into story time.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Republic, 11 June 2019
  • As the future of the traditional Berber region by Mount Boutmezguida floundered, a mathematician whose family came from the area had a eureka moment gleaned from living overseas – using fog to make water.
    The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2018
  • He was partly inspired by visits to incubators around the world, but the eureka moment was a realization that there was a commercial property glut in much of China outside of Beijing and Shanghai that needed a solution.
    Bloomberg.com, 22 May 2017
  • The eureka moment worked, with the tiny symbol helping to imprint the brand name on consumer tastes.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 June 2018
  • Then the host had a eureka moment that changed television for good.
    Kyle Swenson, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2018
  • His eureka moment came in a New York hotel room while reviewing the original receipts for the steel dies used to make the coins.
    Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2017
  • That provides a parallel to Uncle Lester’s problem that leads to a eureka moment for both of them.
    Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 14 June 2017
  • But recently, my daughter sparked a eureka moment about my leg.
    Abby Langer, SELF, 17 Aug. 2017
  • A few years ago, Branson—a 35-year-old branding professional with a three-centuries-old family farm in the north of England—had a sort of eureka moment.
    Corey Seymour, Vogue, 1 June 2018
  • The industry legend already did so four years ago, with his 586-page memoir, The Soundtrack of My Life, which unpacked the many eureka moments of a five-decade career as a hitmaker.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2017
  • There were very few eureka moments in Comey's testimony.
    Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 8 June 2017
  • Advertisement This eureka moment played into a major fashion trend at the time.
    Madeline Buxton, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Sure, journalists might focus on the eureka moment or the fascinating details of the methods some scientist used.
    Adam Rogers, WIRED, 16 May 2018
  • But surely there are eureka moments, when someone is suddenly struck by an idea that materializes from nowhere?
    Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman, Smithsonian, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Lacking those eureka bursts, Upheaval settles into story time.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Republic, 11 June 2019
  • As the future of the traditional Berber region by Mount Boutmezguida floundered, a mathematician whose family came from the area had a eureka moment gleaned from living overseas – using fog to make water.
    The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2018
  • He was partly inspired by visits to incubators around the world, but the eureka moment was a realization that there was a commercial property glut in much of China outside of Beijing and Shanghai that needed a solution.
    Bloomberg.com, 22 May 2017
  • The eureka moment worked, with the tiny symbol helping to imprint the brand name on consumer tastes.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 June 2018
  • Then the host had a eureka moment that changed television for good.
    Kyle Swenson, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2018

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