Eternal City
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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ROME—Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting the Eternal City as President Trump’s Mr. Fix It, on a mission to mend fences with the Catholic Church and the Italian government.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 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
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
The message reading “Ivan+Haley 23” appeared on the Colosseum at a time when Romans already were complaining about hordes of tourists flooding the Eternal City in record numbers this season.
From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2023
Hence the Eternal City is seen spread at our feet, and beyond it the wide-spreading Campagna, till a silver line marks the sea melting into the horizon beyond Ostia.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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