How to Use oblivion in a Sentence

oblivion

noun

• The names of the people who lived here long ago have faded into oblivion.
• After being awake for three days straight, he longed for the oblivion of sleep.
• The little village was bulldozed into oblivion to make way for the airport.
• The technology is destined for oblivion.
• She drank herself into oblivion.
• His theories have faded into scientific oblivion.
• Her work was rescued from oblivion when it was rediscovered in the early 1900s.
• The Supreme Court needs to take this case — and then nuke it into oblivion.
  — Robert Verbruggen, National Review, 18 Sep. 2019
• For some the virus was just a hoax, a farce that would fade away into oblivion.
  — Rony Ortiz Andrade, Houston Chronicle, 17 Sep. 2020
• The sample won’t allow the egg to pass into the oblivion of hot rice.
  — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022
• Time to fire up a grill and char those ears into oblivion!
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 3 Sep. 2020
• Yet even in a road trip to oblivion, there’s the hint of new beginnings.
  — Jon Bailes, Wired, 11 June 2021
• No house or piece of land or chest of letters, just a few weeks of oblivion.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2021
• The black hole has now claimed Dr. Hawking from his life on the boundary of oblivion.
  — Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2018
• This team was sleep walking towards the edge of oblivion and didn’t seem to care.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 13 Nov. 2021
• Lloyd Reuss is also the man who saved the Riviera from oblivion.
  — Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 8 Mar. 2023
• From oblivion to an early contender for the sixth man of the year is a long journey.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2021
• In the end, about three-quarters of all species were swept into oblivion.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
• That, too, is a result of our decision to consign the lessons of the past to oblivion.
  — Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
• Not even ketchup was going to bring them back from bland oblivion.
  — Sharrona Pearl, Bon Appétit, 15 Feb. 2022
• But where does one turn when their go-to faves have been watched—and re-watched—into oblivion?
  — Jennifer M. Wood, Wired, 14 Apr. 2020
• The comfort of a childhood bed and washed-into-oblivion soft sheets call to me.
  — Maggie Lange, SELF, 21 Nov. 2022
• Those found wanting were thrown into the fire of oblivion.
  — Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021
• Player touched end zone and the ball was spiked into oblivion.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2019
• Closer to home, Rivers and Co. last year matched the Chiefs’ 12-4 record but were shoved into wild-card oblivion.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2019
• These Padres will not always homer you into oblivion, even though the 17 in the last five games is a club record for such a stretch.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2019
• Gonzaga The Bulldogs were run off the court and into oblivion by the Huskies.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023
• That tree is merely the one goats didn’t chew into oblivion.
  — Bradley White, National Geographic, 24 Dec. 2019
• Maybe, these shows suggest, male supremacy can’t be voted out of office or reformed into oblivion.
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
• For Rodgers, in his 20th season at age 41, acquiring his favorite receiver and close friend presents a ray of optimism in a season quickly imploding into oblivion.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024