All 3 Uses of
constant
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- The discourse was resumed presently, but it went lame and halting, all possibility of impressiveness being at an end; for even the gravest sentiments were constantly being received with a smothered burst of unholy mirth, under cover of some remote pew-back, as if the poor parson had said a rarely facetious thing.†
Chpt 5 *
- Around the throne on high not a single star quivered; but the deep intonations of the heavy thunder constantly vibrated upon the ear; whilst the terrific lightning revelled in angry mood through the cloudy chambers of heaven, seeming to scorn the power exerted over its terror by the illustrious Franklin!†
Chpt 21
- It keeps me in a sweat, constant, so's I want to hide som'ers."†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(constant) unchanging, continuous, or happening repeatedly