Both Uses of
interminable
in
Heart of Darkness
- The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway.†
Chpt 1 *
- So he sweated and fired up and watched the glass fearfully (with an impromptu charm, made of rags, tied to his arm, and a piece of polished bone, as big as a watch, stuck flatways through his lower lip), while the wooded banks slipped past us slowly, the short noise was left behind, the interminable miles of silence—and we crept on, towards Kurtz.†
Chpt 2
Definition:
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(interminable) seemingly endless; or long and unpleasant (often boring or annoying)