Sample sentences for CONTINUOUS

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Definition

continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity

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.

continuous = constant (uninterrupted)

continuous = constant (uninterrupted)

continuous = constant (uninterrupted)

His tall body moved continuously; a foot tapped, a shoulder twitched.
Natalie Babbitt -- Tuck Everlasting

continuously = all the time

In nineteen years of continuous work I have taken but one vacation.
Booker T. Washington -- Up From Slavery: An Autobiography

continuous = continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity

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

continuously = continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity

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

continuous = continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity

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

continuously = continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity

Since about that time, war had been literally continuous, though strictly speaking it had not always been the same war.
George Orwell -- 1984

continuous = uninterrupted (without pause)

he had topped the standings almost continuously for three years, no one else was remotely close to him,
Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game

continuously = continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity

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

continuous = continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity

The guard around him was circling continuously like giant birds of prey.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

continuously = continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity

They had seen continuous change and were accustomed to it, but here it seemed shocking and sad.
Natalie Babbitt -- Tuck Everlasting

continuous = all the time

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

continuous = uninterrupted (without pause)

continuously = at all times

It would probably be accurate to say that by becoming continuous war has ceased to exist.
George Orwell -- 1984

continuous = uninterrupted (without pause)

Here it is necessary to repeat what has been said earlier, that by becoming continuous war has fundamentally changed its character.
George Orwell -- 1984

continuous = uninterrupted (without pause)

When war is continuous there is no such thing as military necessity.
George Orwell -- 1984

continuous = uninterrupted (without pause)

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