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[ UK /ɪnsˈɛsənt/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈsɛsənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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

  • The melodious chirps, chirrups, tweets, twitters and warbling notes from the winged visitors blend well with the incessant hum, buzz and drone of innumerable insects, to produce the effect of being inside a vast forest.
  • The melodious chirps, chirrups, tweets, twitters and warbling notes from the winged visitors blend well with the incessant hum, buzz and drone of innumerable insects, to produce the effect of being inside a vast forest.
  • All the while, four-year-old Matthew was bouncing on the couch, furtively strumming the guitar he wasn't supposed to touch and talking incessantly.
  • 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.
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