All 10 Uses of
constant
in
The Mysterious Benedict Society
- She was the sort of person who liked to be constantly busy, Reynie realized.†
p. 62.2 *constantly = in a manner that is unchanging, continuous, or happens repeatedly
- From a hidden position on the mainland shore, we shall constantly watch the island.†
p. 119.4
- They encouraged him to study constantly, to read through their meals together, to stay up late reading, to stop wasting time with his friends.†
p. 122.9
- It was a strange requirement of the workers' jobs, this constant show of deference, but the Helpers met it admirably.†
p. 197.3
- He chatted constantly with anyone who'd listen.†
p. 251.7constantly = in a manner that is unchanging, continuous, or happens repeatedly
- Weaving among the hills, keeping low, constantly changing directions, they ran as if their lives depended upon it — which indeed they might have.†
p. 282.9
- All those hours, with every second crawling by — and other things crawling by, things you can't see constantly sinking into that goop, the smell so horrible, like something dead, like maybe it's yourself that's dead —†
p. 291.1
- Through the telescope you watch the island constantly.†
p. 422.8
- She slept poorly, in and out of a doze, constantly worried and miserable, and never once did she have a shred of an idea what to do.†
p. 423.5
- Her cuts and bruises were long since healed, having been constantly overattended to, not only by Milligan but by everyone else in the house as well.†
p. 476.4
Definition:
unchanging, continuous, or happening repeatedly