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How to use lasting in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun

Lasting means persisting for an extended period of time. Example: “After World War I it was hoped that a lasting peace had been achieved. It hadn’t.”

Examples of lasting by meaning

adjectivePersisting for an extended period of time.

  • After World War I it was hoped that a lasting peace had been achieved. It hadn’t.
  • I was taken to the theatre for the first time when I was six years old, and the experience made a lasting impression on me.

More sentences with lasting

  • The ship endured an interminable layup in the harbor lasting nearly a month.From the entry layup
  • Her words made a lasting impression on my mind.From the entry on
  • An ideal son is his father's lasting lust.From the entry lust
  • Smith is your go-to person if you want lasting results.From the entry go-to
  • Hospice provides end-of-life care for a period usually lasting a few days or a few weeks; occasionally patients recover unexpectedly.From the entry end-of-life
  • But that single paragraph turned out to be a sharp and lasting break.2026 April 18, Jodi Kantor, Adam Liptak, “The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court”, in The New York Times, retrieved…. From the entry shadow docket
  • Later on, this was replaced by a ma'amar lasting about 10 minutes favored by Ḥassidim.2024, David Golinkin, “The Origin and History of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 50. From the entry maamar
  • Their plastic rafts, which used to last more than five years, are now lasting less than one.2021, Sam Galliford, Rockfall. From the entry polypipe
  • Not for a hot minute did she think it changed her inability to have lasting love.2017, Julie Ann Walker, Hot Pursuit, →ISBN. From the entry hot minute
  • They lasted even less time than some of the really short lasting Šâhs.”2017 November, Neil Port, The Enemy Within, Newcastle, Australia, pages 19, 284, 407. From the entry šâh
  • Deciduous or evergreen, especially in mild climates, torch lilies are tough and long lasting.2015 January 22, Ruth Rogers Clausen, Thomas Christopher, Essential Perennials: The Complete Reference to 2700 Perennials for the Home…. From the entry torch lily
  • Analogous structural and political constraints stood in the way of a lasting détente between Germany and Britain.2012, Christopher Clark, “Last Chances: Détente and Danger, 1912–1914”, in The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914, 1st American…. From the entry détente
  • Better choose wisely because the effects once entrenched can be long lasting.2010 December 19, jos boersema, “Jesuscult down, worse cults starting up already.”, in alt.messianic (Usenet), retrieved 22 Aug 2022. From the entry witchism
  • An occasional little white lie such as Weston's probably won't cause any lasting damage.2008 July 15, Jacqueline Stenson, “The Whole Truth: When is it okay to lie to your kids?”, in Newsweek, retrieved 14 Sep 2017. From the entry white lie
  • A good, lasting sleepness helps the body quickly recover the energy that is lost.2008, Chinh Van Chinh Van Pham, Fasting And Meditation To Live Happily. From the entry sleepness
  • It may leave red marks or bruises, but it causes no lasting damage.."2007, Jeffrey W. Hamilton, Raising Godly Children in a Wicked World, Lulu.com, page 15. From the entry switch
  • Still the empty-headed Democrats of the liberal ink squawk that the war is lasting too long.2007 September 15, Joe F. Priola, “Perspective on war”, in Northwest Herald, page 10A. From the entry mental-disordered
  • It has also become routine to interrupt wars in more lasting fashion by imposing armistices.2002, Edward N[icolae] Luttwak, “The Coming Together of Opposites”, in Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace, revised and enlarged edition…. From the entry armistice
  • The aechmeas are remarkable for their long lasting flower and berry complexes, sometimes in large panicles.1987, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Plants and Gardens: Volume 43. From the entry aechmea
  • They variously produce hallucinations, depression, apathy, or senseless elation, lasting from 12 to 24 hours.1963, Quarterly Review of Military Literature (volume 43, issue 6, page 47). From the entry psychogas
  • I suppose Roberta broke the engagement?” “In a speech lasting five minutes without a pause for breath.”1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “I AND XII”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC. From the entry speech
  • Seventhly, they are lasting, almost indestructible, certainly far less "blitzable" than paper.1944, The Bankers' Magazine, volume 157, page 169. From the entry blitzable
  • Forgot is all the world, And soft the yeartides creep: O sweet, O lasting sleep!1921, Emma Kenyon Parrish, The Golden Island. From the entry yeartide
  • It is what the spectator sees, not reads, that leaves the lasting impression.1916, The American School Board Journal, volume 53, page 41. From the entry cinematographer
  • The storm-centre of a combined newspaper attack lasting for months, Daylight's character had been torn to shreds.1910 October, Jack London, chapter VIII, in Burning Daylight, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, part II, pages 181–182. From the entry iniquitous
  • It left no real lasting impact, only damage.2025 October 28, Kasey Gifford (@kaseygifford.bsky.social), Bluesky. From the entry thneed
  • Private companies are entitled to make the decision that Jones’s brand of hoaxterism, which does real and lasting harm, is censorship-worthy.2018 August 8, Jesse Singal, “After Alex Jones, bracing for the next deranged conspiracy theory”, in (Please provide the book title or…. From the entry hoaxterism
  • Lasting until the beginning of the fifteenth century, this epidemic carried over into the Jewish ghettos, where a Tanzhaus was found.2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 205. From the entry Tanzhaus
  • In other experiment, dexamethasone resulted in hyperglycemic and hypoketonemic effect lasting 4 to 6 days in ketotic cows.2015 October 1, “Effects of Dexamethasone and Insulin Alone or in Combination on Energy and Protein Metabolism Indicators and Milk…. From the entry hypoketonemic
  • Similarly, Zhang et al. 6) reported pain relief lasting 6 months after PRF in patients with cervicogenic headaches.2015 July 31, Sun Yeul Lee et al., “Successful Treatment of Occipital Radiating Headache Using Pulsed Radiofrequency Therapy”, in Journal…. From the entry cervicogenic
  • Indeed, the American First Amendment has had a profound and lasting effect on expressive and religious liberties throughout the world.2014, Timothy Zick, “Exporting the First Amendment”, in The Cosmopolitan First Amendment: Protecting Transborder Expressive and Religious…. From the entry First Amendment
  • This suite left a lasting impression on me due to the egg crates (foam mattresses) on the beds.2014, Gene Shirley Richey, Dancing My Way Through Hell!, →ISBN, page 80. From the entry egg crate
  • To secure lasting, blissful love from a nascent romance, a love pillow can cast a powerful, binding spell.2014, Cerridwen Greenleaf, The Witches' Love Spell Book: For Passion, Romance, and Desire, →ISBN. From the entry love pillow
  • All these turn ups for the book had lasting consequences.2011, Michael Frayn, My Father's Fortune: A Life, →ISBN, page 104. From the entry turn up for the book
  • 'I can't see him lasting,' Mrs Shotover said.2011, Elizabeth Taylor, In a Summer Season. From the entry rightsome
  • Vowels are more sonorous (acoustically powerful) than consonants, and so we perceive them as louder and lasting longer.2001, Michael Dobrovolsky, “Phonetics: The Sounds of Language”, in William O'Grady, John Archibald, Mark Aronoff, Janie Rees-Miller…. From the entry sonorous
  • David made a lasting and important impression on a young medical student from America, who had just begun a career.2000 January 22, Barbara Stoll, “Youthful memories: a tribute to David Baum”, in The Lancet, volume 355, number 9200, →DOI, page 322. From the entry silver swaddler
  • Unlike earlier fluctuations, however, recent cycles have been occurring more rapidly and lasting a shorter period of time.1991, Gordon B. Smith, "The Politics of East-West Trade: An Analysis of Cyclical Trends", Laws and Politics of West-East Technology…. From the entry procontrol

Meaning of lasting

  1. adjective Persisting for an extended period of time.
  2. adjective Persisting forever.
  3. noun In full lasting cloth: a durable, plain woven fabric formerly used for making clothes and for the uppers of women's shoes.

Full definition of lasting

Questions about lasting in a sentence

How do you use lasting in a sentence?
Lasting is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “After World War I it was hoped that a lasting peace had been achieved. It hadn’t.”
What is a short sentence with lasting?
“'I can't see him lasting,' Mrs Shotover said.”
What does lasting mean?
Lasting means persisting for an extended period of time.

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