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How to use incessant in a sentence

20 example sentences · adjective

Incessant means without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance. Example: “The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night.”

Examples of incessant by meaning

adjectiveWithout pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.

  • The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night.

More sentences with incessant

  • The incessant flashing of the neon sign kept the neighborhood awake.From the entry flashing
  • The incessant nightmares drove him to distraction.From the entry distraction
  • His incessant coughing made his voice sound raspy.From the entry raspy
  • The Metcalf picket-house and the flag-staff tower became the objects of incessant attack.2014, David Hume, T. Smollett, Edward Farr, E. H. Nolan, The History of England. From the entry picket-house
  • Soon, the incessant wind would dry the stenchy wallow to corduroyed cement.2003, Suzann Ledbetter, A Lady Never Trifles with Thieves. From the entry wallow
  • The upshot of this incessant meeting and dining and coffee klatching is that women are in great demand.2009, Patrick Fanning, Not Dead Yet: …and One or Two Other Good Things About Retirement, New Harbinger Publications, →ISBN, page 76. From the entry coffee klatch
  • For example it led to the incessant Clana in seasons 6 and 7 when it was long passed its expiry date.2008 May 17, KalElFan [username], “Re: SV+ Smallville/"Sequels", The CW & WB”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet). From the entry Clana
  • Forget the obvious villainy of metal-haired space lady Madeleine Issigri and the incessant info-dumping of the ridiculously plummy General Hermack.2003 June 4, Philip MacDonald, “The Space Pirates: Space Oddity”, in Doctor Who Magazine, number Special edition #4, page 68. From the entry info-dumping
  • And for the Neandertalers it was the beginning of an incessant war that could end only in extermination.1927 September, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Grisly Folk”, in The Short Stories of H. G. Wells, London: Ernest Benn Limited […], →OCLC…. From the entry Neandertaler
  • She moved proudly to the incessant music of a paean, aye! of a paean that was always crescendo.1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter II, in Zuleika Dobson. From the entry paean
  • This wishy-washy literary thriller is masquerading as a “book-ception” of sorts, with incessant narration and a heavy-handed score just as cliched as its plot.2012 September 20, Rob Marvin, “Unimaginative plot wastes talented cast on dull, plodding story”, in The Daily Orange, Syracuse…. From the entry bookception
  • She nigh begged to have her tongue slit to stop her incessant criticisms, just as Boris the Braggart did with his wife.”2010, Sandra Hill, Dark Viking. From the entry nagsome
  • Incessant shuttlings between one domain and the other serve to stabilize the analogies, and to give them a realistic or down-to-earth basis.2008, Gerald Doherty, Pathologies of Desire, page 135. From the entry shuttling
  • They were dancing to the tune of incessant yowlings, the thudding of wooden drums and the monotonous dry rattling of pebbles in turtle-shell rattles.1996, Kenneth Roberts, Rabble in Arms. From the entry yowling
  • They were drunk on tiswin they'd brewed and there had been shooting in the night two nights running and an incessant clamor for whiskey.1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter XVI, in Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC. From the entry tiswin
  • With so many labels, so much fashion information and incessant celebrity style hype, it seems we all can't get enough of the scene and its material trappings.2011 September 19, Jeanne Beker, “Beker: Fun, fearlessness reign at New York fashion week”, in Toronto Star. From the entry can't get enough
  • With bouncerly finesse, Frank forklifted his arms under Gerald's & plucked him off his stool, dragging him towards the back & the source of that incessant voice.2009, Garry Thomas Morse, Death in Vancouver, page 49. From the entry forklift
  • I can recall the tall, slender man-boy, with the large beamful eyes, soft brown beard and moustache, long swinging stride, careless dress, lounging habits, and incessant oratory.2001, Meg Tasker, Struggle and storm: the life and death of Francis Adams, page 57. From the entry beamful
  • Our good master keeps his kites up to the last moment, studding-sails alow and aloft, and, by incessant straight steering, never loses a rod of way.Richard Mayne (2000), “kite”, in The Language of Sailing, Chicago, Ill.; Manchester: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, →ISBN, page 162. From the entry kite

Meaning of incessant

  1. adjective Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.

Full definition of incessant

Questions about incessant in a sentence

How do you use incessant in a sentence?
Incessant is used as an adjective. For example: “The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night.”
What is a short sentence with incessant?
“The incessant nightmares drove him to distraction.”
What does incessant mean?
Incessant means without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.

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