All 9 Uses of
incessant
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- At this moment Danglars, who had been incessantly observing every change in Fernand's look and manner, saw him stagger and fall back, with an almost convulsive spasm, against a seat placed near one of the open windows.†
Chpt 5-6
- Dantes observed, however, that Faria, in spite of the relief his society afforded, daily grew sadder; one thought seemed incessantly to harass and distract his mind.†
Chpt 17-18
- "Incessantly, alas!" cried the abbe.†
Chpt 17-18 *
- At this last thought Mercedes burst into a flood of tears, and wrung her hands in agony; but the thought, which she had always repelled before when it was suggested to her by another, came now in full force upon her mind; and then, too, old Dantes incessantly said to her, 'Our Edmond is dead; if he were not, he would return to us.'†
Chpt 27-28
- There was a moment's silence, during which Sinbad gave himself up to thoughts that seemed to occupy him incessantly, even in the midst of his conversation; and Franz abandoned himself to that mute revery, into which we always sink when smoking excellent tobacco, which seems to remove with its fume all the troubles of the mind, and to give the smoker in exchange all the visions of the soul.†
Chpt 31-32
- Whoever had selected this retired portion of the grounds as the boundary of a walk, or as a place for meditation, was abundantly justified in the choice by the absence of all glare, the cool, refreshing shade, the screen it afforded from the scorching rays of the sun, that found no entrance there even during the burning days of hottest summer, the incessant and melodious warbling of birds, and the entire removal from either the noise of the street or the bustle of the mansion.†
Chpt 51-52
- "However," said Madame de Villefort, returning to the one idea which incessantly occupied her mind, "perhaps it would be better to explain this unlucky affair to M. d'Epinay, in order to give him the opportunity of himself renouncing his claim to the hand of Mademoiselle de Villefort."†
Chpt 59-60
- Edmond, my friend, do not compel me to tarnish that noble and pure image reflected incessantly on the mirror of my heart.†
Chpt 89-90
- The case was therefore prepared owing to the incessant labor of Villefort, who wished it to be the first on the list in the coming assizes.†
Chpt 107-108
Definition:
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(incessant) continuous -- often in an annoying way