Continuing
[kən'tɪnjʊɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) remaining in force or being carried on without letup; 'the act provided a continuing annual appropriation'; 'the continuing struggle to put food on the table' .
Typist: Norton--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Continue
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Examples
- The object is but a phase of the active end,--continuing the activity successfully. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This proposal of his, this plan of marrying and continuing at Hartfieldthe more she contemplated it, the more pleasing it became. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Then add gradually about nine ounces of the orange-flower water, stirring constantly, continuing this operation until a fine, creamy emulsion is the result. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- How she hated walking up the churchyard path, along the red carpet, continuing in motion, in their sight. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A Teapot,' repeated Mr Boffin, continuing to muse and survey the books; 'a Teapot, a Teapot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I fear the kitten has rolled it away, said the tiny old lady, involuntarily continuing her beaver-like notes. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Yet, the smell of a _Yahoo_ continuing very offensive, I always keep my nose well stopped with rue, lavender, or tobacco leaves. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Is it--is it because you're not certain of continuing to care for me? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- To-day I was all for continuing to be farm-bailiff; to-morrow, on the authority of ROBINSON CRUSOE, I should be all the other way. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Haley is his name, said Shelby, turning himself rather uneasily in his chair, and continuing with his eyes fixed on a letter. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There was little hope of continuing my inquiries after dark to any useful purpose in a neighbourhood that was strange to me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The debate continuing, he followed, as a precautionary measure in any case, and got him again in sight. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- These, for the moment, took the unpleasant form of continuing to cling to her hosts after their return from Alaska. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Mr. Moore, who was continuing his searches in that country, was instructed to arrange for the cultivation and shipment of regular supplies of this particular species. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You have done me many acts of kindness that I can never repay, and have no wish to repay, for I prefer continuing the obligation. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He interested himself for me strongly in that instance, as he did in many others afterward, continuing his patronage till his death. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But the man continuing to exclaim, Down, Evremonde! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Continuing the charge, they also carried batteries Eleven and Twelve to our left, which they turned toward City Point. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The gaining of this object depended, of course, on his still continuing exactly to repeat his proceedings of last year. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Continuing thus, I came at length opposite to the inn at which the various diligences and carriages usually stopped. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- On the opening of the stop-cock the water was given a quick momentum, and on closing the cock water was forced by the continuing momentum through another pipe into an air chamber. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We find it was a town hand,' said Blathers, continuing his report; 'for the style of work is first-rate. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The machine was released, and away he went, rising higher and higher, circling when he came to the end of the field and continuing round. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But this situation did not prevent Gutenberg from continuing with his work. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Since her death, nearly two years before, there had been no reason for his continuing in the same routine. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I am rather interested about Mrs. Catherick, I went on, continuing the conversation as long as possible. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Then continuing his former tone, he said, And yet this house you would spoil, Mrs. Dashwood? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- There is a continuing urgency towards fresh change. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The socialist movement of the nineteenth century was only one version of that continuing revolt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The fact was, as Emma could now acknowledge, that Harriet had always liked Robert Martin; and that his continuing to love her had been irresistible. Jane Austen. Emma.
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