How to Use oblivion in a Sentence

oblivion

noun
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  • The names of the people who lived here long ago have faded into oblivion.
  • After being awake for three days straight, he longed for the oblivion of sleep.
  • The little village was bulldozed into oblivion to make way for the airport.
  • The technology is destined for oblivion.
  • She drank herself into oblivion.
  • His theories have faded into scientific oblivion.
  • Her work was rescued from oblivion when it was rediscovered in the early 1900s.
  • The Supreme Court needs to take this case — and then nuke it into oblivion.
    — Robert Verbruggen, National Review, 18 Sep. 2019
  • For some the virus was just a hoax, a farce that would fade away into oblivion.
    — Rony Ortiz Andrade, Houston Chronicle, 17 Sep. 2020
  • The sample won’t allow the egg to pass into the oblivion of hot rice.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Time to fire up a grill and char those ears into oblivion!
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Yet even in a road trip to oblivion, there’s the hint of new beginnings.
    — Jon Bailes, Wired, 11 June 2021
  • No house or piece of land or chest of letters, just a few weeks of oblivion.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • This team was sleep walking towards the edge of oblivion and didn’t seem to care.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Lloyd Reuss is also the man who saved the Riviera from oblivion.
    — Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 8 Mar. 2023
  • From oblivion to an early contender for the sixth man of the year is a long journey.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2021
  • In the end, about three-quarters of all species were swept into oblivion.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
  • That, too, is a result of our decision to consign the lessons of the past to oblivion.
    — Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Not even ketchup was going to bring them back from bland oblivion.
    — Sharrona Pearl, Bon Appétit, 15 Feb. 2022
  • But where does one turn when their go-to faves have been watched—and re-watched—into oblivion?
    — Jennifer M. Wood, Wired, 14 Apr. 2020
  • The comfort of a childhood bed and washed-into-oblivion soft sheets call to me.
    — Maggie Lange, SELF, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Those found wanting were thrown into the fire of oblivion.
    — Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Player touched end zone and the ball was spiked into oblivion.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Closer to home, Rivers and Co. last year matched the Chiefs’ 12-4 record but were shoved into wild-card oblivion.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2019
  • These Padres will not always homer you into oblivion, even though the 17 in the last five games is a club record for such a stretch.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2019
  • Gonzaga The Bulldogs were run off the court and into oblivion by the Huskies.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023
  • That tree is merely the one goats didn’t chew into oblivion.
    — Bradley White, National Geographic, 24 Dec. 2019
  • In an interview, Shapiro said changing the lyrics will save the state song from oblivion.
    — oregonlive, 7 June 2021
  • Maybe, these shows suggest, male supremacy can’t be voted out of office or reformed into oblivion.
    — Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The sun, a blazing marshmallow moments before, began to sink into oblivion in the west and the night creatures began their nightly orchestra.
    — Curtis Varnell, arkansasonline.com, 22 Sep. 2024

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