All 7 Uses of
incessant
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- A beautiful starlit night had followed on the day of incessant rain:
Chpt 9 *incessant = continuous
- But the minutes ticked on with that dull monotony which they invariably seem to assume when our very nerves ache with their incessant ticking.†
Chpt 14
- He may have wished to hide his love for a wife who held him in contempt …. but surely such an object could have been gained at less sacrifice, and with far less trouble than constant incessant acting of an unnatural part.†
Chpt 18
- Gradually the rumble of the coach wheels, with its incessant monotony, acted soothingly on her nerves: her eyes, aching with fatigue and many shed and unshed tears, closed involuntarily, and she fell into a troubled sleep.†
Chpt 20
- Her thoughts were of the blackest during these long, weary hours, whilst that incessant storm raged which was keeping her away from Percy.†
Chpt 21
- From where she sat she could not see the sea, but she heard the incessant mournful murmur of the incoming tide, which spoke of her dead hopes, her lost love, the husband she had with her own hand betrayed, and sent to his death.†
Chpt 29
- The early morning hours sped on, and yet it was not dawn: the sea continued its incessant mournful murmur, the autumnal breeze sighed gently in the night: the lonely beach was silent, even as the grave.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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(incessant) continuous -- often in an annoying way