All 3 Uses of
continuous
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Far from the Madding Crowd
- The spacious ends of the building, answering ecclesiastically to nave and chancel extremities, were fenced off with hurdles, the sheep being all collected in a crowd within these two enclosures; and in one angle a catching-pen was formed, in which three or four sheep were continuously kept ready for the shearers to seize without loss of time.†
Chpt 22-24
- Gabriel, who flitted and hovered under her bright eyes like a moth, did not shear continuously, half his time being spent in attending to the others and selecting the sheep for them.†
Chpt 22-24
- Apparently there was to be a thunder-storm, and afterwards a cold continuous rain.†
Chpt 34-36 *
Definition:
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(continuous) continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity