All 13 Uses of
continuous
in
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- With its untold depths, couldn't the sea keep alive such huge specimens of life from another age, this sea that never changes while the land masses undergo almost continuous alteration?†
Chpt 1
- When the device is operating, this gas becomes luminous and gives off a continuous whitish light.†
Chpt 1 *
- Meanwhile, continuously swept along by the Nautilus, where we lived in near isolation, we raised the Tuamotu Islands on December 11, that old "dangerous group" associated with the French global navigator Commander Bougainville; it stretches from Ducie Island to Lazareff Island over an area of 500 leagues from the east–southeast to the west–northwest, between latitude 13° 30' and 23° 50' south, and between longitude 125° 30' and 151° 30' west.†
Chpt 1
- "Nothing ever comes to an end in these volcanic waterways," Captain Nemo replied, "and thanks to its underground fires, our globe is continuously under construction in these regions.†
Chpt 2
- * Bordered by orange trees, aloes, cactus, and maritime pine trees, perfumed with the scent of myrtle, framed by rugged mountains, saturated with clean, transparent air but continuously under construction by fires in the earth, this sea is a genuine battlefield where Neptune and Pluto still struggle for world domination.†
Chpt 2
- A magnificent plain of waves plowed continuously by ships of every nation, shaded by every flag in the world, and ending in those two dreadful headlands so feared by navigators, Cape Horn and the Cape of Tempests!†
Chpt 2
- It was nearly impossible to stand up on the platform, which was continuously buffeted by this enormously heavy sea.†
Chpt 2
- Sometimes this noise increased and became a continuous crackle.†
Chpt 2
- These views were varied continuously by the sun's oblique rays, or were completely swallowed up by gray mists in the middle of blizzards.†
Chpt 2
- Often we could chart our course only by guesswork, a less than satisfactory method in the midst of these winding passageways whose landmarks change continuously.†
Chpt 2
- The sea was plowed continuously by the many steamers providing service between the Gulf of Mexico and New York or Boston, and it was crossed night and day by little schooners engaged in coastal trade over various points on the American shore.†
Chpt 2
- The Nautilus cruised beneath the waters almost continuously.†
Chpt 2
- I was experiencing that accompanying nausea that follows such continuous spinning motions.†
Chpt 2
Definition:
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(continuous) continuing in time or space without interruption or irregularity