Eternal City
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Featuring in cinema classics like "Roman Holiday" and "La Dolce Vita", the Vespa has a long association with the Eternal City.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
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
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
England are likely to rely on youth heavily in the coming weeks when injuries, which have already accounted for Marcus Smith and Ellis Genge's late unavailability in the Eternal City, inevitably begin to appear.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2024
Pius VII. found the Eternal City despoiled of its artistic treasures, and he hastened to supply the deficiency made by Napoleon.
From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)
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