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 special forces then made up a makeshift stretcher to carry the soldier away, dodging mines and the incessant boom of artillery fire.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
The incessant supply from China enabled Ukraine to fight a war of asymmetry against a much stronger enemy.
—Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2025
Jewish life—including, but hardly limited to, the perpetuation and thriving of the modern State of Israel—is thus an incessant nagging weight on the World's collective moral conscience.
—Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Globetrotter Wang is an incessant traveller.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
The incessant supply from China enabled Ukraine to fight a war of asymmetry against a much stronger enemy.
—Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2025
Jewish life—including, but hardly limited to, the perpetuation and thriving of the modern State of Israel—is thus an incessant nagging weight on the World's collective moral conscience.
—Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Globetrotter Wang is an incessant traveller.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Incessant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incessant. Accessed 21 Apr. 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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