Eve

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"Eve" in a Sentence (18 examples)

It looked as if we were on the eve of a revolution.

Peter and Eve make a handsome couple.

Tom took heart and, sure enough, on New Year's Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.

On New Year's Eve, the trains will run all night.

It is the snake that tempts Eve.

It is Eve that sets Adam on.

They married on Christmas Eve.

They went to church on Christmas Eve.

The streets are in full Christmas mood - it's almost Christmas Eve.

It's the serpent who tempted Eve.

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I love to see the shaking twig / Dance till the shut of eve

And has she tired of weeping / As she lies down at eve.

Sitting on the dockside at Oban, watching the to-ing and fro-ing in the harbour on a perfect summer's eve, I reflect on a trip which has taken me through our busiest cities to traverse the country's main lines, as well as explore some of the furthest extremities that were literally out on a limb.

the eve of a scientific discovery

And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.

The Seven Daughters of Eve; Mitochondrial Eve

"You were always a cynic," said Edith tolerantly. "I'm sure that Eve will want to have a baby - isn't that why we called her Eve?" "Of course not," said Herbert, as if the baby-cult had long been irritating him. "We called her Eve, or Evelyn, after your grandmother, who was going to leave, and did leave us some money."

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