Continually

Examples

• He pushed his face forward as he spoke and his lips and eyelids were continually twitching like a man with St. Vitus's dance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It was as if from some aerial belfry, high up above the stir and jar of the earth, there was a bell continually tolling, 'All are shadows! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He has many friends, and is at a time of life when friends and engagements are continually increasing. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• This improvement put weaving ahead of spinning, and the weavers were continually calling on the spindlers for more weft yarns. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It is next passed to the cooking department and placed in huge steam-jacketed kettles, which revolve continually and thus keep the chicle from scorching. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• By the above singular manner of building, strength is continually given to the comb, with the utmost ultimate economy of wax. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• We passed about a week together, during which time I was continually talking of poor Meyler and lamenting his precarious state of health. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In his last illness, he had it brought continually to his bedside; and but an hour before he died, he bound me by vow to keep the creature. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Naturalists continually refer to external conditions, such as climate, food, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• These questions continually recurred, but I was unable to solve them. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The action and reaction thus constantly at work, tend to give accelerating impulse to invention, and are continually enlarging its sphere of operations. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Julia used to show me these rhapsodies from Cotton, at which I always laughed heartily, and thus I used to put her in a passion continually. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• But the struggle changed continually, as that of a man who begins with a movement towards striking and ends with conquering his desire to strike. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• My dear Watson, you as a medical man are continually gaining light as to the tendencies of a child by the study of the parents. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It was a place fitted for such a work, being hardly more than a rock, whose high sides were continually beaten upon by the waves. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• In fact, those who know him best are continually surprised at his moderation and patience, often when there has been great provocation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• During his illness he had been continually talking thus. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Nevertheless I am continually with thee; thou hast holden me by my right hand. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• By this time a change had come over the game; the reddleman won continually. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• There is the man, he wants to know what they mean by it, he continually asks the question why, he is the great experimenter among great inventors. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The servants say they never saw anybody so much in love as he was: he was after her continually. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• In those countries, the universities are continually draining the church of all its most eminent men of letters. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• You, Miss Dorrit, I believe have been almost continually abroad for a long time. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I continually forget them. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• If I get a little thin, it is with anxiety about my prospects, yet unsettled--my departure, continually procrastinated. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The cotton, mixed with seed, is fed to the roll box J, in which a sort of reel F continually turns the cotton. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• From these basins the water is continually exhaled by the sun in the daytime, which effectually prevents their overflowing. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• His lordship made all his inquiries by deputy, and remained continually in company with Sir Percival downstairs. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Then why does he follow you so with his eyes, and get you so frequently alone with him, and keep you so continually at his side? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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