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continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity- The national power grid is under almost continuous attack.
continuous = constant (uninterrupted)
- A continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it.
- The study indicates that alternating walk and rest was more beneficial than continuous walking for people who suffer from Type 2 diabetes.
- She lives in continuous fear.
- The block has a continuous row of warehouses.
- His tall body moved continuously; a foot tapped, a shoulder twitched.Natalie Babbitt -- Tuck Everlasting
- In nineteen years of continuous work I have taken but one vacation.Booker T. Washington -- Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
- For the Gamow Bag to function properly an attendant has to continuously inject fresh air into the chamber with a foot pump.Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air
- There had been no restrictions on visits in Johannesburg, and I had had a continuous stream of people coming to see me.Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
- Plants grew, moved, twisted, and turned, fighting for the sun; and they interacted continuously with animals—discouraging some with bark and thorns; poisoning others, and feeding still others to advance their own reproduction, to spread their pollen and seeds.Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park
- Since about that time, war had been literally continuous, though strictly speaking it had not always been the same war.George Orwell -- 1984
- he had topped the standings almost continuously for three years, no one else was remotely close to him,Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game
- First, they're glad they don't have to listen to my continuous chatter, and second, I don't have to get annoyed by their opinions.Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
- The guard around him was circling continuously like giant birds of prey.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- They had seen continuous change and were accustomed to it, but here it seemed shocking and sad.Natalie Babbitt -- Tuck Everlasting
- To these people the war is simply a continuous calamity which sweeps to and fro over their bodies like a tidal wave.George Orwell -- 1984
- Thus history is continuously rewritten.George Orwell -- 1984
- It would probably be accurate to say that by becoming continuous war has ceased to exist.George Orwell -- 1984
- Here it is necessary to repeat what has been said earlier, that by becoming continuous war has fundamentally changed its character.George Orwell -- 1984
- When war is continuous there is no such thing as military necessity.George Orwell -- 1984
continuous = constant (uninterrupted)
continuous = constant (uninterrupted)
continuous = constant (uninterrupted)
continuously = all the time
continuous = continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity
continuously = continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity
continuous = continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity
continuously = continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity
continuous = uninterrupted (without pause)
continuously = continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity
continuous = continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity
continuously = continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity
continuous = all the time
continuous = uninterrupted (without pause)
continuously = at all times
continuous = uninterrupted (without pause)
continuous = uninterrupted (without pause)
continuous = uninterrupted (without pause)
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