How to Use continuous in a Sentence
continuous
adjective- The batteries provide enough power for up to five hours of continuous use.
- The phrases “am seeing,” “had been seeing,” and “is being seen” are all in continuous tenses.
- The album is divided into different tracks, but it is really one continuous song.
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But any rain that falls will not be a washout or continuous.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
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Like in this continuous push to do the climb.
—Outside Online, 25 Feb. 2026
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But the question was whether to do it in one continuous go or not.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2025
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The dogs were making a continuous row around the foot of the tree.
—Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
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The good news is that all this could change with the continuous audit.
—Isaac Heller, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
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The battery will last for up to three straight hours of continuous use.
—Chris Hachey, BGR, 6 May 2021
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The first issue was that continuous disks didn’t dome up high enough.
—Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
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With the squeegee, use a smooth, continuous stroke that starts from the top corner and moves down.
—Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 12 Apr. 2026
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His six years in the memory home were a stretch of continuous loss.
—Ashley Parker, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2026
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Badie said that the Key Bridge is a continuous steel truss bridge.
—NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
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My skin looks and feels softer and brighter two weeks after continuous use.
—elle.com, 18 Apr. 2023
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Spinning whorls are used to twist (spin) fibers into a continuous thread or yarn.
—Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022
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The trees spoke of patience, of the slow but continuous way old and young share and endure and keep on.
—Suzanne Simard, Wired, 7 May 2021
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This part of the moon also tends to see near-continuous sunlight.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
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Even though the scene was broken up throughout the episode, that was filmed as one continuous scene in one day?
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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This kind of speech is fast, continuous, and hard to interrupt.
—Tammy Worth, Health, 14 June 2024
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The finale plays in one continuous act.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
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Yes, and that's been continuous.
—CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
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An urban forest is defined as a group of trees with continuous canopy that is greater than one acre.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2022
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This shifts risk from continuous movement to the event itself.
—Barry Bernstein, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
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Each episode is notably filmed in a single continuous take.
—Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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One continuous motion, two pieces of steak.
—Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Feb. 2026
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My collections are built on a continuous set of ideals of the moment.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Pedigo doesn’t have much of a platform and his talking points are a continuous work in progress.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2021
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For a continuous harvest to last through the season, plant more spinach every one to two weeks.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025
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But three days of continuous use have helped sell me on the value of the iPhone Air.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
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More than 21 feet of continuous rust on rebar was in front of the coolers.
—Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
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