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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His message eventually sank in, as the Wildcats outscored the Dukes 39-30 the rest of the way.
— Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2022 -
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 -
The Padres — and big brother Austin — eventually won the game 8-5.
— Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2022 -
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 -
This plan was eventually struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
— Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025 -
Amer was born there, but the Gulf War forced them to leave and eventually settle in Texas.
— Gary Gerard Hamilton, Chron, 13 Sep. 2022 -
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 -
Jarstfer was glad that Siegert eventually had a chance to settle the score with his foot, and not his arm.
— Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2022 -
State troopers were eventually called onto the field to break up the fight.
— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2022 -
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 Cardinals got the ball to start overtime but eventually had to punt.
— BostonGlobe.com, 26 Dec. 2022 -
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 -
The United States is footing the bill for the flights, including the flights that will eventually transport these migrants to their home countries.
— Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025 -
The leading group had been following TV cameras mounted to motorbikes and ended up taking a deviation away from the official final stretch, eventually crossing the finish line on the wrong side of the road.
— Ben Church, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
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