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UK
/ɪnsˈɛsənt/
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[ US /ˌɪnˈsɛsənt/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈsɛsənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
the ceaseless thunder of surf
the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy
man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation
night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city
in constant pain
unremitting demands of hunger
the never-ending search for happiness
How To Use incessant In A Sentence
- So the problem I faced in solitary, where incessant remembering strove for possession of me, was the problem of forgetting. Chapter 6
- It contests every inch of space with man, and, aided by incessant heat and moisture, constantly wrests from him his conquests and buries them in a fury of viridescence. In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World
- The 18th century saw incessant warfare between the colonial powers, towns repeatedly sacked, and islands taken and retaken, often for use as bargaining counters at the peace.
- He lambasted software companies for piling on marginal features in incessant upgrades that can downgrade user efficiency.
- He was muttering incessantly to himself, as if delighted at having found his tongue, his head swaying on his shoulders, and a strange murmur, soft, birdlike, meaningless, like sounds heard from a vast distance, coming from his wide-open mouth. Vandover and the Brute
- First of all, under the flail of the incessant wind, a crust would form on the surface of the snow of the type we knew as "piecrust," when out sledging. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
- The September rain beat down on the roof incessantly, and the grey, cloudy skies made the whole situation depressing.
- Patients may be unaware of vocal tics, but family members may find the incessant noises grating.
- I preserved this mutilated object with uncommon care, watching it almost incessantly day and night: expecting another exuviation which might be attended with interesting consequences, I felt much anxiety for its survivance. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852
- Their name, which he had long avoided mentioning, was incessantly on his lips: but always the same, always inclined naturally and systematically, to have more strings than one to his bow, he appeared to incline alternately _for the younger branch, and for the reigning branch_. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II
