eternal sleep: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    Internationalliterarymythic
    • A prolonged or indefinite state of sleep in myth, fantasy, or fiction characterized by suspended animation, agelessness, or enchantment.

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    • The princess was trapped in an eternal sleep, enchanted by a spell that kept her young and still.

      The princess was trapped in an eternal sleep, enchanted by a spell that kept her young and still.

    • Legends tell of a knight who awoke the maiden from her eternal sleep with a true love’s kiss.

      Legends tell of a knight who awoke the maiden from her eternal sleep with a true love’s kiss.

    • In the fantasy novel, the hero discovers a city where the inhabitants are all in eternal sleep.

      In the fantasy novel, the hero discovers a city where the inhabitants are all in eternal sleep.

    • Is the potion supposed to induce eternal sleep, or just a deep, temporary slumber like the story describes?

      Is the potion supposed to induce eternal sleep, or just a deep, temporary slumber like the story describes?

  • 2.

    Internationaleuphemisticformal
    • Death; the permanent cessation of life, expressed gently or poetically.

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    • After a long illness, he finally passed into eternal sleep, leaving his family with bittersweet memories.

      After a long illness, he finally passed into eternal sleep, leaving his family with bittersweet memories.

    • We gathered quietly around the grave, honoring her journey into eternal sleep with respect and love.

      We gathered quietly around the grave, honoring her journey into eternal sleep with respect and love.

    • The poet described death as an eternal sleep offering peace beyond the troubles of life.

      The poet described death as an eternal sleep offering peace beyond the troubles of life.

Examples:

  • EN: Who will sing you to... eternal sleep?
    ES: ¿Quién te cantará... en tu sueño eterno?
  • EN: Eternal sleep... to eternal sleep...
    ES: En tu sueño eterno... en tu sueño eterno...
  • EN: Before the great night star appears, the savage who has dared to cross the salt water to offend the maiden who will marry the Great Chief within 2 moons, must sleep the eternal sleep!
    ES: Antes de que surja el gran astro de la noche, el salvaje que ha osado atravesar el agua salada para ofender a la muchacha que el Gran Jefe desposará dentro de dos lunas, dormirá el sueño eterno.
  • EN: If she takes this ring off she'll fall into eternal sleep.
    ES: Si ella se quita esa sortija, se dormirá para siempre.
  • EN: Who will sing you to... eternal sleep?
    ES: ¿Quién te cantará... en tu sueño eterno?
  • EN: Eternal sleep... to eternal sleep...
    ES: En tu sueño eterno... en tu sueño eterno...
  • EN: Before the great night star appears, the savage who has dared to cross the salt water to offend the maiden who will marry the Great Chief within 2 moons, must sleep the eternal sleep!
    ES: Antes de que surja el gran astro de la noche, el salvaje que ha osado atravesar el agua salada para ofender a la muchacha que el Gran Jefe desposará dentro de dos lunas, dormirá el sueño eterno.
  • EN: If she takes this ring off she'll fall into eternal sleep.
    ES: Si ella se quita esa sortija, se dormirá para siempre.
  • EN: Yes, eternal sleep.
    ES: Si, el sueño eterno.
  • EN: Inside the basilica, Francisco and Jacinta lie in their eternal sleep. Through the years,
    ES: Dentro de la basílica, Francisco y Jacinta duermen el sueño eterno.
  • EN: They sleep, laughing like children, in eternal sleep without a tomorrow.
    ES: Duermen, ríen como niños, y lo harán hasta el Día del Juicio.
  • EN: Soon I will join you in eternal sleep.
    ES: Pronto estaremos juntos en el sueño eterno.
  • EN: As for death, either it is truly eternal sleep, or the soul remains in an eternal house.
    ES: En cuanto a la muerte, o es realmente un sueño eterno, o bien, la entrada del alma en una morada eterna.
  • EN: So he got his eternal sleep, the old smut peddler.
    ES: Así que cogió su sueño eterno, el viejo Smut Peddlers.
  • EN: Fall into eternal sleep, Lupin!
    ES: ¡Cae en el sueño eterno, Lupin!
  • EN: "With birch trees Just like lyres, Singing of eternal sleep."
    ES: El susurro de los abedules como liras entonará un himno sobre el sueño eterno."
  • EN: Some say his fellow Time Lords rebelled against his cruelty and locked him in the Tower in eternal sleep.
    ES: Algunos dicen que su compañero Tiempo Señores se rebeló contra su crueldad y lo encerraron en la Torre en el sueño eterno.
  • EN: That this is the Tomb of Rassilon, where Rassilon lies in eternal sleep.
    ES: Que esta es la Tumba de Rassilon, Rassilon donde se encuentra en el sueño eterno.
  • EN: "Choose our coffins with eternal sleep-proof padding."
    ES: Queridos ancianos, elijan nuestros ataúdes, revestidos a prueba del sueño eterno.

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