Eternal City
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Margaret Bendelow, an English Catholic convert studying theology in the Eternal City in 1958, is equally enraptured—by the richness of the food, the glory of the art and the splendor of ancient Scripture.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Even in the Eternal City, time may be running out for Wales head coach Warren Gatland.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025
Dispatched to the Eternal City to begin her training to become a nun, she’s all wide-eyed innocence at the start.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2024
Alfonsi said a surge in tourists flocking to the Eternal City this summer, coupled with a heatwave, had led to an increase in rubbish which had favoured the proliferation of the rodents.
From Reuters • Aug. 26, 2023
There can be no doubt that the visit to the Eternal City was of considerable importance for the future career of the Anglo-Danish King.
From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
