ev·er·last·ing
ˌe-vər-ˈla-stiŋ 
1
: lasting or enduring through all time : eternal
2
a(1)
: continuing for a long time or indefinitely
(2)
: having or being flowers or foliage that retain form or color for a long time when dried
b
: tediously persistent
the everlasting sympathy-seeker who demands attention—
H. A. Overstreet
H. A. Overstreet3
: wearing indefinitely
everlasting twill pants
everlastingness
noun
1
: eternity
from everlasting
2
capitalized
: god sense 1
—used with the
3
a
: any of several chiefly composite plants (such as cudweed) with flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color compare pearly everlasting
b
: the flower of an everlasting
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Examples of everlasting in a Sentence
Adjective
To his everlasting credit, he never once gave in to temptation.
valentines typically express the giver's everlasting love and devotion
Noun
that special bond that has existed between mother and child from everlasting
people who believe that the magnificence of the natural world is proof of the existence of the Everlasting
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Adjective
The Christmas Table Decoration set lets families create custom holiday displays, while the Poinsettia build offers a unique, everlasting holiday centerpiece.
—Bethany Braun-Silva, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
Few movie moments cement a star's everlasting hotness like the moment when Halle Berry emerges from the sea in an orange bikini in the 2002 James Bond movie Die Another Day.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
One of his favorite sections contains sweeps of the grass little bluestem and the perennial sweet everlasting amid scattered plantings of pitch pines.
—Washington Post, 7 July 2021
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“Everlasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/everlasting. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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everlasting
1 of 2 adjective
ev·er·last·ing
ˌev-ər-ˈlas-tiŋ
1
: lasting forever : eternal
2
a
: going on for a long time or for too long
everlasting complaints
b
: keeping form or color for a long time when dried
everlasting flowers
everlastingness
noun
everlasting
2 of 2 noun1
: a plant with everlasting flowers
2
: an everlasting flower
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