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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-vent-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈvɛnt fəl



Definition of eventful

Origin :
  • c.1600, from event + -ful. In Shakespeare, once, and no record of it between then and Johnson's "Dictionary." Related: Eventfully; eventfulness.
  • adj significant, busy
Example sentences :
  • The year 1780, was the most eventful one, in the annals of South Carolina.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • The night came, the last night but one of that eventful, momentous year 1775.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • With what emotions would she trace and retrace her own eventful story!
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • On the eventful afternoon of the performance the road was gay with teams.
  • Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • It is during the time that we lived on this farm that my little story is most eventful.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • And a creature he was of the most eventful past, as he informed me at our first encounter.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Now this, you may imagine, was the most surprising event of all that eventful night.
  • Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
  • An eventful year in the history of the families of Sforza and Borgia was that year of grace 1497.
  • Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
  • “A mere incident in an eventful life,” said his companion, thoughtfully.
  • Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
  • After an eventful voyage the ship arrived in due time at Adelaide.
  • Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang

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