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How to use incessantly in a sentence

17 example sentences · adverb

Incessantly means in a manner without pause or stop, especially to the point of annoyance; not ceasing. Example: “He jabbered incessantly and annoyed everyone.”

Examples of incessantly by meaning

adverbIn a manner without pause or stop, especially to the point of annoyance; not ceasing.

  • He jabbered incessantly and annoyed everyone.

More sentences with incessantly

  • The quivering mass of jello rocked back and forth incessantly but remained on the plate.From the entry quivering
  • She had a young child, which cried incessantly.From the entry which
  • The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it.From the entry have
  • Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.From the entry needle
  • My seatmate on the airplane snored incessantly.From the entry seatmate
  • The director rehearsed the cast incessantly in the days leading up to opening night, and as a result they were tired and cranky when it arrived.From the entry rehearse
  • One mazarinade argued incessantly that Mazarin had interfered with France's economy.2002, Todd P. Olson, Poussin and France, page 83. From the entry mazarinade
  • Mutations in chey result in incessantly smooth-swimming behavior.1986, Ann Marie Maderis, Bacterial Chemotaxis: Che Genes and Their Products, page 9. From the entry tumbly
  • Smokes incessantly Caporals, using a denicotinizing holder.1953, Ian Fleming, “Dossier for M”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 20. From the entry inhaler
  • As Musk has waged this pressure campaign, he has incessantly posted in support of the far right in Europe and their current causes célèbres.2025 January 10, Ali Breland, “Elon Has Appointed Himself King of the World”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2025. From the entry cause célèbre
  • They moved about the bar incessantly, cadging cigarettes and drinks, with something behind their eyes at once terribly vulnerable and terribly hard.1956, James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room, Penguin, published 2001, Part One, Chapter 2. From the entry cadge
  • Moody and Sankey had sung their way into every dissentient chapel, and Boshy appreciated their words thoroughly, and sang them to a wrong tune incessantly.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry dissentient
  • Sure, some dogs may get super-itchy and lose extra fur, while others may seem to groom themselves incessantly, leaving your floors strewn with serious dust bunnies.2016 August 30, Patty Khuly, “Dog shedding too much? Try these easy fixes”, in Miami Herald, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2016. From the entry dust bunny
  • Dresses change from white to blue on Facebook while the situation in Syria stagnates. ‘Tinderites’ incessantly strike out while U.S. drone strikes still affect countless families.2015 March 18, Luka Ciklovan, The Tribune, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2023. From the entry Tinderite
  • Bradly posed Cora against the incessantly moving patterns of the wash and set to work with nervous haste, alarmed at the difficult problem of water in movement.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 192. From the entry wash
  • We still had a big pay-day coming to us, and for thirty-seven days, without a drink to addle our mental processes, we incessantly planned the spending of our money.1913 August, Jack London, John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. From the entry addle

Meaning of incessantly

  1. adverb In a manner without pause or stop, especially to the point of annoyance; not ceasing.
  2. adverb Immediately.

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Questions about incessantly in a sentence

How do you use incessantly in a sentence?
Incessantly is used as an adverb. For example: “He jabbered incessantly and annoyed everyone.”
What is a short sentence with incessantly?
“He jabbered incessantly and annoyed everyone.”
What does incessantly mean?
Incessantly means in a manner without pause or stop, especially to the point of annoyance; not ceasing.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: incessantly (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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