All 5 Uses of
interminable
in
The War of the Worlds
- I have a dim memory of the foot of a Martian coming down within a score of yards of my head, driving straight into the loose gravel, whirling it this way and that and lifting again; of a long suspense, and then of the four carrying the debris of their comrade between them, now clear and then presently faint through a veil of smoke, receding interminably, as it seemed to me, across a vast space of river and meadow.†
Chpt 1.12
- Then, after an interminable time, as it seemed to us, crouching and peering through the hedge, came a sound like the distant concussion of a gun.†
Chpt 1.15 *
- The steamboat throbbed on its way through an interminable suspense.†
Chpt 1.17
- It was, I know, a night and a day, but to me it seemed—it seems now—an interminable length of time.†
Chpt 2.4
- After an interminable string of games, we supped, and the artilleryman finished the champagne.†
Chpt 2.7
Definition:
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(interminable) seemingly endless; or long and unpleasant (often boring or annoying)