How to Use perpetual in a Sentence

perpetual

adjective
  • The region is in a state of perpetual war.
  • He seems to have a perpetual grin on his face.
  • Even then, the crowds had kicked up perpetual clouds of dust.
    — Aakash Hassan, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Football with a perpetual bead of sweat on the end of your nose.
    — Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 10 July 2019
  • Cure’s mood is one of perpetual dread.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
  • That peace treaty turned out to be not so perpetual after all.
    — Liz Cantrell, Town & Country, 20 May 2019
  • Clouds linger, but that perpetual leak in the sky above your home will shut off today.
    — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021
  • To be a woman today in the world is to be in a perpetual state of rage.
    — Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Of course, nothing about the perpetual lees project is easy.
    — Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Most of us have spent the past year in a state of near-perpetual anxiety and stress.
    — Virginia Sole-Smith, Good Housekeeping, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Lockwood now knows that much of what plagued her was a state of perpetual migraine.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • But, as mentioned, very few are willing to do this at a perpetual loss.
    — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Ethics groups have to raise money to keep going, so their need to find blame is perpetual.
    — Bruce K. Chapman, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2018
  • This brings us to the third step — and the reason this entire process is perpetual.
    — Daniel Woods, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The grinds and kick-flips; the perpetual motion and the empty air around you.
    — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2021
  • Not long ago, the Dons were mired in near-perpetual mediocrity.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Our first season is all about the perpetual search for the perfect place—that’s right, utopias.
    — Kelsey Keith, Curbed, 5 July 2019
  • Peter’s perpetual youth speaks to our fear of death and aging.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • To forgive yourself a thousand times a day and live in a perpetual state of grace.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2021
  • At this point, every golf course feels like a hockey team on a perpetual penalty kill.
    — Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • There is perpetual motion of arms, legs, feet, mouths, elbows, and armpits.
    — Bonnie Gibbs Vengrow, Parents, 3 June 2026
  • The torus form and off-center void give a feeling of perpetual motion.
    — Nicola Chilton, CNN, 20 June 2022
  • Traders can take on higher risk through perpetual futures.
    — Ben Weiss, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The perpetual growth paradigm is one the world might no longer allow.
    — Frank Van Gansbeke, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
  • In the home, a chalk wall can serve as anything from a grocery or to-do list to a child's perpetual blank canvas.
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 29 Apr. 2019
  • The Dolphins are in the third year of their perpetual rebuild.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Nov. 2021
  • This franchise has had a rocky few years and has been in a somewhat perpetual state of transition for a while.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 7 July 2025
  • Challenging viewers to reflect on the perpetual war-like state of our world is all well and good.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Maria’s brothers, with their perpetual runny noses, are summoned with a sniffly wipe.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The actress is a perpetual fan of platform heels, and her footwear choice for the award show was no exception.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025

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