How to Use eventual in a Sentence

eventual

adjective
  • And their eventual aim is to drive them out.
    — Seth Doane, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • In what eventual state is the book set?
    — J. D. Biersdorfer, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The ones who stick around will share in your eventual success.
    — Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The war's eventual end won't bring quick respite to Asia.
    — ABC News, 11 May 2026
  • There is no telling how many will return once an eventual peace deal is signed.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Here's what to know about its eventual closure.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Most of seven years in the minors and an eventual switch to the bullpen.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • This will be the eventual fate of our own sun, and solar system.
    — Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
  • This led to the formation of the tag team with the eventual split still in mind.
    — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Your eventual goal is a glossy, uniform paste that coats the back of a spoon (but doesn’t stick).
    — Bon Appétit, 29 Dec. 2021
  • What must the eventual starter demonstrate in order to earn the job?
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Was it sealed because of his loss and eventual vote against himself?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
  • There likely will be an eventual deep sigh of relief.
    — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Google hasn’t specified if there will be an eventual end date.
    — PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Kothari said the eventual plan that will come from the meeting will help more people than that.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Those are six players, all eventual big-leaguers in some form.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • And what does this mean for the eventual successor?
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The eventual winners were almost out of gas.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • At the time, that eventual Volunteers road win helped put them on the map.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 1 Nov. 2022
  • If that happens, the stock price can decrease more than your eventual tax savings amount to.
    — Bruce Brumberg, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Hanas from the corner finds Dureau in the slot for the hat trick and the eventual winner.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Dempster’s eventual successor will have quite a bit of work to do.
    — Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The Wolves simply weren’t good enough in key areas to hang with the eventual champs.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Raheen and Karim are at the heart of the book, friends first and an eventual love story.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Coyle set up Olivier's goal, the eventual winner, for his third point of the game.
    — CBS News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • But Lew could be their eventual center of the future.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Aaron Judge is all but a lock for eventual enshrinement.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • The eventual big reveal leaves you with more questions than answers.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Failure or change is often a key to eventual success.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Who would be behind her in any eventual bid is a matter of great opacity.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025

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