How to Use eventually in a Sentence
eventually
adverb- I am sure that we'll succeed eventually.
- Eventually, I did get better and returned to work.
- Her constant campaigning eventually got her the nomination.
- This plant eventually reaches a height of 15 feet.
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Amy and Pati are flown over the trail to where the group eventually spend the night in bivy sleeping sacks.
— Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024 -
That air eventually has to be released, and the only way out is in the form of gas.
— Men's Health, 1 Feb. 2023 -
He was eventually found dead in the back of a transport van during a stop on the drive up north.
— Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024 -
The blood trail was sparse, but Haack eventually followed it to the edge of small pond on the property.
— Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 20 Dec. 2023 -
The Blacklist had a nice long run, but all things must come to an end eventually.
— Christian Holub, EW.com, 1 Feb. 2023 -
The firm catered to a quirky mix of customers that fueled its rise and, eventually, led to its fall.
— Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2023 -
In the last two, three years, there were a lot of younger comics who moved out here in the hopes that Rogan’s club would eventually open up.
— Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023 -
The witness said those men eventually got into Grayam's truck and the three drove away.
— Stephen Smith, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2024 -
The two are forced to share a space and eventually team up to attend a charity gala.
— Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 18 Aug. 2023 -
Kelley was brought onto the show as a writer and eventually took over the reins as the head writer.
— Courtney Young, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023 -
The dam eventually broke, as it’s bound to do when your offense is so anemic.
— Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2023 -
But a slump of an inch per year would eventually become an inch per hour.
— Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2023 -
The flame was first lit in Athens back in April, and eventually boarded a boat to enter France in Marseille.
— Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 29 July 2024 -
Hogan won and the case was eventually settled, but the case put Gawker out of business.
— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 July 2024 -
Both the coach and the student got into a scuffle as the student tried to break free, and eventually the coach loosened his grip.
— Greg Wehner, Fox News, 12 June 2024 -
The hope is to expand to key markets, along with eventually adding footwear, women’s and kids’ lines.
— Doug Ferguson, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024 -
In the fourth, North Central put the first two runners on and eventually loaded the bases, but only pushed one run across.
— Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star, 29 May 2023 -
Amen lept into the song; eventually making his way to sing right in front of the judges, who deemed the performance shaky.
— Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2023 -
Is there any chance the Bears don’t eventually move to Arlington Heights?
— Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2023 -
When the end of the show came, Remo appeared to not want to leave the stage and the cheering crowd, though he was eventually ushered off by his big sister.
— Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2023 -
Some 350 were eventually sent east to the Berga forced labor camp, where a number perished.
— Richard Hurowitz, Time, 19 Aug. 2023 -
And, as he has been asked so many times before in his career, Curry will eventually be asked to clean it up.
— Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024 -
The Fed had to reduce it to 4% (and eventually went much lower) because of the Great Recession.
— Feras Moussa, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023 -
The wound becomes red and moist, with pus and eventually yellowish scabs.
— Parents Editors, Parents, 3 Sep. 2023 -
Donovan eventually pulled Ball out for the final 3:43 of action, but the length and intensity of his play in Memphis suggests the point guard could be ready for a heavier rotation.
— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024 -
Quincy Jones Tate portrayed a young Quincy Jones, highlighting the early days of a friendship that would eventually become influential in both men’s careers.
— Okla Jones, Essence, 29 Oct. 2024
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