incessant
adjective
in·ces·sant
(ˌ)in-ˈse-sᵊnt 
: continuing or following without interruption : unceasing
Examples of incessant in a Sentence
Much of the early motor development of the child depends on learning and refining such procedures, through play, imitation, trial and error, and incessant rehearsal.
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Oliver Sacks, New Yorker, 24 Sept. 2007
Magna Carta also stipulated that the shire courts should meet as royal courts under the itinerant justices more often than twice a year—a change, convenient to the landed classes and their incessant civil actions, that was not implemented because of the cost to the Crown.
—Norman F. Cantor, Imagining the Law, 1997
Whatever Stalin's ancestry, his biographers, Robert Tucker in particular, have concluded that his unfortunate childhood experiences, including incessant, murderous beatings by his drunken father, were probably what caused his pathological behaviour.
—Amy Knight, Times Literary Supplement, 26 Apr. 1991
the incessant noise from an outside repair crew was a real distraction during the test
Oliver Sacks, New Yorker, 24 Sept. 2007
Magna Carta also stipulated that the shire courts should meet as royal courts under the itinerant justices more often than twice a year—a change, convenient to the landed classes and their incessant civil actions, that was not implemented because of the cost to the Crown.
—Norman F. Cantor, Imagining the Law, 1997
Whatever Stalin's ancestry, his biographers, Robert Tucker in particular, have concluded that his unfortunate childhood experiences, including incessant, murderous beatings by his drunken father, were probably what caused his pathological behaviour.
—Amy Knight, Times Literary Supplement, 26 Apr. 1991
the incessant noise from an outside repair crew was a real distraction during the test
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The tire marks from dump trucks hadn’t yet been blown away by the incessant gales of the high desert.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
Classrooms across the country are facing a pandemic of distraction—incessant buzzing, pinging and chiming competing with teachers and classmates for student attention.
—Bill Ready, Time, 23 Apr. 2025
The Slap became so incessant and overblown that the reflections that dominate Smith’s new album are a natural and healthy response to such intense public shaming.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
Such evidence could support the view that incessant loud noise amounts to torture or cruel treatment towards cetaceans, in turn galvanizing support for a new right to be free from such harm.
—David Gruber, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
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Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
Classrooms across the country are facing a pandemic of distraction—incessant buzzing, pinging and chiming competing with teachers and classmates for student attention.
—Bill Ready, Time, 23 Apr. 2025
The Slap became so incessant and overblown that the reflections that dominate Smith’s new album are a natural and healthy response to such intense public shaming.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
Such evidence could support the view that incessant loud noise amounts to torture or cruel treatment towards cetaceans, in turn galvanizing support for a new right to be free from such harm.
—David Gruber, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Incessant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incessant. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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incessant
adjective
in·ces·sant
(ˈ)in-ˈses-ᵊnt
: going on and on : not stopping or letting up
incessantly
adverb
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