How to Use continuity in a Sentence

continuity

noun
  • There's a problem with the movie's continuity.
  • The art historian is studying the continuities between the painter's works and those of her followers.
  • This is the same number of episodes as there were in season 1, which is a good sign for the show's continuity!
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 1 Sep. 2023
  • There’s momentum, driven by the continuity of the lines, the unity of the voice.
    Lauren Kane, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2023
  • There’s a sense of continuity, of legacy, on this record.
    Emily Lordi, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2023
  • When continuity and plot logic are AWOL in your movie, who ya gonna call?
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
  • And the piano’s staccato notes have to blend with a smoother continuity of strings.
    Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 6 May 2023
  • But if continuity is high on his wish list, maybe the Angels aren’t as much of a long shot as the industry has long believed.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • With the films or art, there is no real continuity anymore.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2023
  • All these issues can create short gaps in the rail’s continuity.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The venue’s template of change and continuity is underscored by the 13 concerts that will kick off this year’s season.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
  • With all of these familiar faces, if nothing else, the movie should have a smooth continuity after the franchise took a few years off.
    Andrew Webster, The Verge, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Plenty of teams have reaped the benefits of continuity with stars.
    Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
  • For the sake of nostalgia and continuity, Pompeo held on to a pair of armchairs and a claw-foot console table.
    Carlos Mota, ELLE Decor, 22 Apr. 2023
  • For the last two years, there’s been a lot of continuity and familiar faces rushing the quarterback or trying to be the first wall of defense against the run.
    Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Like all festivals, it’s also had ups and down in terms of its continuity.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2023
  • All that continuity and identity gets tossed aside if Curry isn’t a part of it.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • For many reasons, the New 52 was a flop, and DC’s continuity has been largely reset to its pre-Flashpoint status quo.
    Joe George, Men's Health, 15 June 2023
  • But here’s the thing about that continuity: most of these players were here for the sour end of the 2022 regular season and the playoff debacle in Jacksonville.
    Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • This isn’t the first time continuity between the video game and reality has broken down.
    Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
  • That lack on continuity didn't exactly bode well early on for Bridges, who had back-to-back 40-plus point games earlier in the week.
    Steve Reed, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Talent across the state is quite possibly the highest it’s ever been, and teams with continuity and chemistry often rise to the top.
    Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Niro’s art, which speaks in the present tense and affirms the continuity of the Mohawk people, is haunted by the displacement of her ancestors.
    Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The goal now is to provide continuity that can lead to consistency.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Admits that Texas week didn’t have great continuity. -- Peewee in Grand Bay takes his traditional spot as the first question-asker of the night.
    Matt Stahl | Mstahl@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Yet injuries have made the highlights fleeting and produced frustration about the lack of on-court continuity.
    Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
  • Consistency and continuity have been the buzzwords of the front office since last year’s trade deadline.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2023
  • But like other Chiefs coaches, Nagy relishes the present and values the staff continuity.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Davis is viewed as the continuity candidate who would most likely carry on Smith’s goals and legacy.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
  • Chicago voters of a certain age came to expect, for better or worse, a level of continuity at City Hall.
    Mitch Smith, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023

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