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incessantly

[ US /ˌɪnˈsɛsəntɫi/ ]
[ UK /ɪnsˈɛsəntli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. without interruption
    the world is constantly changing
  2. with unflagging resolve
    dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste

How To Use incessantly In A Sentence

  • 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
  • The September rain beat down on the roof incessantly, and the grey, cloudy skies made the whole situation depressing.
  • 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
  • Caught under by the breeze, the awnings of the fore-deck bellied upwards and collapsed slowly, and above their heavy flapping the gray stuff of Captain Whalley's roomy coat fluttered incessantly around his arms and trunk.
  • He had brilliant darting eyes and talked incessantly. The Crossing-Place
  • Before his illumination, Rousseau's thoughts had turned incessantly upon his relation to his fellow men.
  • He played the song incessantly, ignoring my pleas for mercy and grannyish objections to its author's seditious intent.
  • Agents surround promising youngsters and talk incessantly about fame and fortune. Times, Sunday Times
  • As it poured incessantly out of him, he noticed a bull across the field eyeing him interestingly.
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