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[ US /ˈɔɫˌweɪz, ˈɔɫwiz/ ]
[ UK /ˈɔːlwe‍ɪz/ ]
ADVERB
  1. at all times; all the time and on every occasion
    I will always be there to help you
    always arrives on time
    ever hoping to strike it rich
    there is always some pollution in the air
    ever busy
  2. without interruption
    the world is constantly changing
  3. at any time or in any event
    you can always resign if you don't like it
    you could always take a day off
  4. without variation or change, in every case
    he always arrives on time
    constantly kind and gracious
  5. forever; throughout all time
    we will always be friends
    I will always love you
    I shall treasure it always

How To Use always In A Sentence

  • There will always be debate about who deserves honours, all of it highly subjective.
  • Such football titbits always float to the surface on third-round day which remains the best, most hectic, interesting and fun day of the season - and this one was even more frenetic than usual.
  • I was always a bit arty-crafty. Times, Sunday Times
  • There is probably room for a touch more earthiness, a little more hardness in her approach to a Don José who is always going to be putty in her hands.
  • Human relations do not always rely on meeting each other in person every day. When we talk about relationships between people on either side of the border, just a few thousand miles can’t keep love from growing and blooming into a beautiful bonding. Gulzar 
  • These deals are large and complex, requiring a lot more than just a "consigliere" -- a term always used with "The Godfather" playing in the background -- sitting in a dark room plotting with a CEO. Robert Teitelman: Svengalis, Bankers and the Role of Intermediaries
  • Striking that balance between old and new will always be difficult, but after a few numbers here, memories of their old bandmaster begin to fade.
  • Not everyone was so lucky, and a lot of people, as always, took the off-ramp from Life. Tallulah Morehead: Dead Folks 2010: Everyone's Pushing Up Roses
  • I didn't know my success was going to be so big and that I would become 'the subtractor', always subtracting six years. Life and style | guardian.co.uk
  • My dad, despite his rampant hypochondria, had always been healthy.
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