How to Use perpetuity in a Sentence

perpetuity

noun

• The nightmare hangs there in perpetuity … wide … to the right.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2022
• The French no longer had the means to ensure the care of that memorial in perpetuity.
  — Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 29 May 2017
• But the prospect of Mr. Xi as ruler in perpetuity has scrambled the equation.
  — Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2018
• That means the films will be preserved in perpetuity by the registry.
  — SFChronicle.com, 15 Dec. 2020
• Which bit should the Ukrainians give up, in perpetuity, to the Russians?
  — Boris Johnson, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022
• It’s not like an object that has been formed and is now ready to go for perpetuity.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 June 2021
• The first portion would stay with the sheriff’s office in perpetuity, and the latter would go to roads and bridges.
  — Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 13 June 2017
• Then again, this White House seems to be facing a staff shake-up in perpetuity.
  — Jen Kirby, Vox, 23 Mar. 2018
• And a name, if managed well, can live on in perpetuity.
  — Santi Elijah Holley, The Atlantic, 6 June 2018
• What all this means is that, once our fun and games start up again, the NFL will resume its place up top in perpetuity.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 1 Apr. 2020
• But the release date of her next album has been pushed back in perpetuity.
  — Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• The Land Trust as part of the agreement will monitor the land in perpetuity to make sure their wishes are met.
  — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 16 Jan. 2023
• In most states, a felony arrest is enough to add someone in perpetuity to the state database.
  — Katie Worth, WIRED, 19 Apr. 2018
• The winner accepts the trophy and holds the title—and a Wikipedia entry—in perpetuity.
  — Arun Shastri, Forbes, 25 May 2021
• After that, the trees would be cut back every two years in perpetuity.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
• Collins, who died in March 2016, would be thrilled to know that the Collins name will be remembered in perpetuity at Sportsmen’s.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2021
• The company has enough cash flow to buy back $7 billion worth of shares in perpetuity.
  — Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2022
• Not every show needs to continue in perpetuity, and all good things must come to an end.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 22 Sep. 2020
• The lights were on at the Skechers store, which appeared empty inside and where a shoe in a display case spun in perpetuity.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2020
• Lawyers for the city and state said the current version of the law didn’t force landlords to rent to below-market tenants in perpetuity.
  — Laura Kusisto, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
• The fine print stipulates a right of refusal, right of survivorship and, of course, a perpetuity clause.
  — Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 18 June 2022
• Blogs, on the other hand, can be altered in perpetuity.
  — Damon Burton, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
• The deed to that portion of land now reads that it be preserved as a bird sanctuary and wildlife habitat in perpetuity.
  — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 26 Apr. 2018
• Not among those options, Ms. Ardern vowed, is lurching in and out of lockdown in perpetuity.
  — New York Times, 1 Sep. 2021
• Palantir is set up so that Thiel, Karp, and a third co-founder, Stephen Cohen, control half of the voting shares in perpetuity through a trust.
  — Max Chafkin, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2020
• The crazy thing is the music utilized by a subscriber comes with a single use license which runs in perpetuity.
  — Eric Fuller, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
• But the internet is forever, and his cry for help is now alive in perpetuity— as an NFT.
  — Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• Lawyers working for the ranch have been around for decades, finding ways to drag out legal battles in perpetuity.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2019
• That means the area, in the shadow of salt piles and a scrap metal yard, will be protected for public access in perpetuity.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2021
• Such provisions in contracts are often forbidden by what’s known as the rule against perpetuities, which is supposed to forbid eternal contracts.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024