Sentence examples for if perpetual from inspiring English sources

When Helmholtz started to look into the question of the character of non-mechanical forces, instead of looking for perpetual motion, he asked "if perpetual motion is impossible, what is the relationship between natural forces that must hold?" On the 23rd of July in 1847, Helmholtz gave an address, "The Conservation of Force," at the Physical Society.

It's almost as if perpetual motion is the only thing that's keeping her going.

Eventually either response, if perpetual, kills people.

The centerpiece is Space Shuttle Atlantis suspended as if in perpetual orbit, ready to wow all generations that encounter it.

Cera establishes Warren's awkwardness through his tentative speaking voice and through a repeated gesture where his arms hang just inches from his sides with his palms turned outward, as if in perpetual surrender.

The song ebbs and flows, half-begins again, as if caught in perpetual lament.

Another was Mr. Joseph, who's been singing for the band off and on since the mid-'80s and who looks as if he's in perpetual training for situations like this, when he needs not only to excite a crowd but also to resuscitate it.

If you believe in perpetual prosperity, all buybacks make sense.

These two chicks, if you will, are in perpetual motion, even when Maude is obsessively orderly and prim.

The clothes look cheap, the sales tags are huge, and the inventory is cluttered onto racks as if the place were in perpetual fire-sale mode.

Their play has fans wondering if the perpetual bridesmaid franchise could finally win a championship, even while the organization mourns the death of its owner, Larry H. Miller.