All 6 Uses of
constant
in
Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
- But he knew that when she was neither singing nor talking, her face was animated by her constantly moving lips.†
Chpt 1 *constantly = in a manner that is unchanging, continuous, or happens repeatedly
- The silver-backed brushes were a constant reminder of what her wishes for him were—that he not stop his education at high school, but go on to college and medical school.†
Chpt 3
- It was the seventeen-year-old's constant preoccupation—who could whip him.†
Chpt 4
- He was constantly chafing Milkman about how he lived, and that conversation was just one more example of how he'd changed.†
Chpt 4constantly = in a manner that is unchanging, continuous, or happens repeatedly
- The one sane and constant person he knew had flipped, had ripped open and was spilling blood and foolishness instead of conversation.†
Chpt 7
- Nose, chin, cheekbones, forehead, neck all had surrendered their identity to the pleats and crochetwork of skin committed to constant change.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
unchanging, continuous, or happening repeatedly