Use continually in a sentence
Sentences starting with continually
- Continually she baffled and puzzled him, and he never could tell of what she was thinking. [9]
Sentences ending with continually
- Kutuzov was impatiently urging on his horse, which ambled smoothly under his weight, and he raised his hand to his white Horse Guard's cap with a red band and no peak, nodding his head continually. [2]
- It cannot be said that his infatuation for her was ever absent from his consciousness: he knew she was there beside him, he betrayed it continually. [9]
- John was very proud of his office, and of his ability to keep the rear ranks closed up and ready to execute any maneuver when the captain "hollered," which he did continually. [4]
- The old man promised to aid her, and told her the head was hung up before the council-fire, and that the chiefs of the village, with their young men, kept watch over it continually. [5]
- But the adults of the congregation appeared to be perfectly satisfied with it; at least they sat bolt upright and nodded assent continually. [4]
- He had become more querulous and exacting with patient Mrs. Brice, and inquired for her continually. [9]
- Alice is so helpless, she has to be prodded and prompted continually. [9]
- I bade him go and do likewise continually. [4]
- The play-writers and essayists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries "worked" this notion continually. [4]
- That goes on continually. [8]
Short sentences using continually
- She continually excuses herself. [5]
Sentences containing continually two or more times
- I continually put the thought away from me, but continually it returned to haunt me. [9]
- Bagration called to him from the hill not to go beyond the stream, but Rostov pretended not to hear him and did not stop but rode on and on, continually mistaking bushes for trees and gullies for men and continually discovering his mistakes. [2]
More example sentences with the word continually in them
- Nick's imitation of Xavier, and his description of Benjy's terrors after the storm, were so perfect that I laughed quite as heartily; and Madame de St. Gre wiped her eyes and repeated continually, "Quel drole monsieur! [9]
- Again, old Mr. Wright, who lives up South Fork somewhere, is teasing me continually about some deeds which he says he left with you, but which I can find nothing of. [7]
- A better analogy would be the human anatomy: we lawyers, of course, were the brains; the financial and industrial interests the body, helpless without us; the City Hall politicians, the stomach that must continually be fed. [9]
- It was a wonderful Indian summer day, the sunlight soft and melting; and the smoke which continually harassed this district had lifted a little, as though in deference to the Sabbath. [9]
- She took turns with her beside his sofa, and did not cry any more, but prayed continually, turning in soul to that Eternal and Unfathomable, whose presence above the dying man was now so evident. [2]
- These various faculties will thus have been continually put to the test and selected during manhood; they will, moreover, have been strengthened by use during this same period of life. [1]
- But, on the whole, we rolled southward happily, between high walls and hedges, past trim gardens and fields and meadows, and I marvelled at the regular, park-like look of the country, as though stamped from one design continually recurring, like our butter at Carvel Hall. [9]
- He heard the whistle of bullets above him unceasingly and to right and left of him soldiers continually groaned and dropped. [2]
- The road along which they moved was bordered on both sides by dead horses; ragged men who had fallen behind from various regiments continually changed about, now joining the moving column, now again lagging behind it. [2]
- But this rule which leaves out of account the spirit of the army continually proves incorrect and is in particularly striking contrast to the facts when some strong rise or fall in the spirit of the troops occurs, as in all national wars. [2]
- Had I said what I thought, I should have said: even if he had to go on dying, to die continually before my eyes, I should have been happy compared with what I am now. [2]
- But her thoughts were uncontrollable, she was drawn continually to the edge of that precipice which hung over the waters whence they had dragged her, never knowing when the vertigo would seize her. [9]
- Ships of war were continually moving to and fro, and from the Serpent Island they witnessed constantly, often by starlight, the drilling of the oarsmen and of whole squadrons upon the open sea. [10]
- Clemens and Rice were constant associates, though continually firing squibs at each other in their respective papers--a form of personal journalism much in vogue on the Comstock. [5]
- Mr. Cuthbert, too, was continually bowing and waving to acquaintances on the Avenue. [9]
- Could all the virgin population of ---- receive and retain these sentiments, he would continually have to veil his crest before them. [14]
- Je vous demande un peu,"*(4) said he, continually changing from French to Russian. [2]
- He was continually traveling through the three provinces entrusted to him, was pedantic in the fulfillment of his duties, severe to cruelty with his subordinates, and went into everything down to the minutest details himself. [2]
- She was continually tormented by jealousy of her daughter, and now that jealousy concerned a subject near to her own heart, she could not reconcile herself to the idea. [2]
- Why are the tops of mountains continually covered with snow [sic]? [5]
- Balashev knew how to reply to each of Napoleon's remarks, and would have done so; he continually made the gesture of a man wishing to say something, but Napoleon always interrupted him. [2]
- It expects rather to record a continually perfected machinery, a life in which not only speech but ideas are brought into rule. [4]
- Deserted Moscow had to burn as inevitably as a heap of shavings has to burn on which sparks continually fall for several days. [2]
- It's too risky to attack them by oneself, and if we put it off till another day one of the big guerrilla detachments will snatch the prey from under our noses," thought Denisov, continually peering forward, hoping to see a messenger from Dolokhov. [2]
- Better die a thousand times than risk receiving an unkind look or bad opinion from him," Rostov decided; and sorrowfully and with a heart full despair he rode away, continually looking back at the Tsar, who still remained in the same attitude of indecision. [2]
- Our spirits, like those in a thermometer, are never stationary: mine were continually being sent up or down. [9]
- This state of things is continually becoming worse and makes one fear that unless a prompt remedy is applied the troops will no longer be under control in case of an engagement. [2]
- Just behind it they came upon some dozens of soldiers, continually replaced by others, who ran from the entrenchment. [2]
- The line of these comfortable dwellings, once so fashionable, was continually broken by the facades of shops; and March professed himself vulgarized by a want of style in the people they met in their walk to Twenty-third Street. [8]
- Not merely in these cases but continually did that old man--who by experience of life had reached the conviction that thoughts and the words serving as their expression are not what move people--use quite meaningless words that happened to enter his head. [2]
- Having ridden beyond the village, continually meeting and overtaking soldiers and officers of various regiments, they saw on their left some entrenchments being thrown up, the freshly dug clay of which showed up red. [2]
- The curtains of the stage waved continually by the repelled forces that were given to them, which caused Leos to behold Ambulinia leaning upon the chair of Elfonzo. [5]
- The sun cherishes the place continually, and the moon rises on it with a large rejoicing. [11]
- There are first the military bands: there is continually a parade somewhere, and the streets are full of military music, and finely executed too. [4]
- The head of the family, Count Ilya Rostov, continually drove about the city collecting the current rumors from all sides and gave superficial and hasty orders at home about the preparations for their departure. [2]
- She had entered the damp cave chamber in a thin summer gown, and it now seemed to be continually growing colder and colder. [10]
- Burrowing continually amongst the bowels of the vessel, Mr. Tooting knew the weak timbers better than the Honourable Hilary Vanes who thought the ship as sound as the day Augustus Flint had launched her. [9]
- She continually fancied that either he would never come or that something would happen to her before he came. [2]
- It is thus that Bismarck is continually getting ready. [4]
- The guns of that battery were being fired continually one after another with a deafening roar, enveloping the whole neighborhood in powder smoke. [2]
- I have a teacher now, and my enthusiasm continually and tumultuously grows, as I learn to use with more and more facility the pencil, brush, and graver. [5]
- The little princess talked incessantly, her short, downy upper lip continually and rapidly touching her rosy nether lip when necessary and drawing up again next moment when her face broke into a smile of glittering teeth and sparkling eyes. [2]
- His big head swayed upon his thin neck; his droll, though emaciated features constantly changed their expression, and even when he was not coughing, his mouth was continually in motion. [10]
- I was naturally susceptible, and tried to form other attachments, but my heart would not hold on; it would continually recur to what it had lost; and whenever there was a pause in the hurry of novelty and excitement, I would sink into dismal dejection. [4]
- The clan was sufficient unto itself, satisfied with a moderate prosperity and a continually increasing number of descendants. [9]
- Several battalions of soldiers, in their shirt sleeves despite the cold wind, swarmed in these earthworks like a host of white ants; spadefuls of red clay were continually being thrown up from behind the bank by unseen hands. [2]
- Why should you so continually run away from me? [9]
- He was continually saying: "I think I'll grow some like that, old man," or "Have those cut," and the like,--a kind of humor in which the captain took an incredible delight. [9]
- Soldiers were continually rushing backwards and forwards near it, and he saw two of them and a man in a frieze coat dragging burning beams into another yard across the street, while others carried bundles of hay. [2]
- The presence and remarks of Willarski who continually deplored the ignorance and poverty of Russia and its backwardness compared with Europe only heightened Pierre's pleasure. [2]
- Without burdening the reader too early with a treatise on the fabric of a system, suffice it to say that something was continually going on that was not law; and gentlemen came and went--fat and thin, sharp-eyed and red-faced--who were neither clients nor lawyers. [9]
- Long before we reached it, the Holston River which we followed had become the Laurel, a most lovely, rocky, winding stream, which we forded continually, for the valley became too narrow much of the way to accommodate a road and a river. [4]
- After this he raised his hands to heaven, and, while the other priests continually fed the flames into a wilder blaze by casting in fresh butter, sang a long prayer out of the sacred books. [10]
- But what this program consists in these historians do not say, or if they do they continually contradict one another. [2]
- He continually hurt Princess Mary's feelings and tormented her, but it cost her no effort to forgive him. [2]
- While talking to Princess Mary he continually looked round as if asking everyone whether he was doing the right thing. [2]
- The stories were pretty sizable, merely pretty sizable; yet Mr. H. was continually interrupting with a cold, inexorable 'Wait--knock off twenty-five per cent. [5]
- He inherits the power in an enfeebled and so far rudimentary condition, from some early progenitor, to whom it was highly serviceable, and by whom it was continually used. [1]
- You not only persistently disregard my wishes and commands, but you have, for many months, been leading a double life, facing me every day, while you were secretly and continually disobeying me. [9]
- But there were others who looked to her in their need, and so the modest fountain which might have been filled to its brim was continually drained through silent-flowing, hidden sluices. [6]
- New worlds continually opened on my sight; newfields of everlasting space opened and closed behind me. [4]
- It is not only in my dreams; the hideous gray threads which proceed from this greedy spider are continually floating before me and dim the light. [10]
- His face took on the stupid artificial smile (which does not even attempt to hide its artificiality) of a man who is continually receiving many petitioners one after another. [2]
- From the governor of the prison... from the superintendent of the lunatic asylum..." All night long such announcements were continually being received by the count. [2]
- The clear sight of the latter becomes dazzled by the glittering treasure, and they cannot but suffer continual humiliation, because, conscious of possessing power to obtain much, they wage an eager war for all, and therein are continually defeated. [10]
- Almost everything, especially of government policy, is an inseparable compound of the two; so that our best judgment of the preponderance between them is continually demanded. [7]
- To say nothing of fiery projectiles sent into the room, even by the best wood, from the explosion of gases confined in its cells, the brands are continually dropping down, and coals are being scattered over the hearth. [4]
- By a sort of fate I was continually running against him. [9]
- It was not, of course, contentment she knew continually, nor even peace, although there were moments when these stole over her. [9]
- Thousands of dreams of a future family life continually rose in her imagination. [2]
- They must have noticed, on some occasions, the manner in which Ditmar looked at her; and in business hours she had continually to caution him, to keep him in check. [9]
- When I was not in the meetings, however, and especially when in my room at night, I was continually trying to fight off a sense of loneliness that seemed to threaten to overwhelm me. [9]
- Thoughts that had not entered her mind for years--thoughts of a life free from the fear of her father, and even the possibility of love and of family happiness--floated continually in her imagination like temptations of the devil. [2]
- But it would not do; he was continually overpowered by the feeling that under the enthusiastic homage of the intriguing Queen Arsinoe's favourite lurked a sting which he should some day feel. [10]
- But I found myself continually returning to the countenance, and I still think I could have modelled a better face out of putty. [9]
- Even in the morning, while the physician permitted her to remain in the open air because the clay was hot and still, the bridal procession was continually in her thoughts. [10]
- Ever since the morning, carriages with six horses had been coming and going continually, bringing visitors to the Countess Rostova's big house on the Povarskaya, so well known to all Moscow. [2]
- He endeavored to make his way through Sawney's Mountain, where many meet to catch the gales that are continually blowing for the refreshment of the stranger and the traveler. [5]
- They were continually kissing and saying tender things to one another and spent most of their time together. [2]
- Historical science in its endeavor to draw nearer to truth continually takes smaller and smaller units for examination. [2]
- The draught kept it continually in motion, and it wavered to and fro in the hall, like the restless souls of the damned. [10]
- For the public is proverbially unable to fix its attention for long on one object, continually demanding the distraction that our newspapers make it their business to supply. [9]
- Collecting spruce gum is another, and he was continually hacking off with his hatchet knobs of the translucent secretion. [4]
- The private telephone in Number Seven was busy all evening, while more or less prominent gentlemen were using continually the public ones in the boxes in the reading room downstairs. [9]
- Excursionists continually swarmed in by rail or by carriage road. [4]
- He was continually imagining that a cannon ball was flying toward him with a terrific whizz, and then he shuddered and sat up. [2]
- One night though, I took my horse and left; for I knew there was evil in the heart of a man who sought me continually, and the thing drove me mad. [11]
- We could see how the cooling crust had been lifted and split and turned over by the hot stream underneath, which, continually oozing from the rent of the eruption, bore it down and pressed it upward. [4]
- Once they met his with a wild sort of pleading or revolt, he could not tell which, and then were continually turned away. [11]
- She must remind herself of this continually lest she should take wrong views. [11]
- His nose reminded her of the prow of a ship of war, and his deep-set eyes were continually searching the horizon for an enemy. [9]
- He thought of her continually, and often with an unbearable pain. [11]
- He thought of her continually as a panther, a panther he had caught and could not tame; he hadn't even caught her, since she might escape at any time. [9]
- And now that he had cut the knot he was too just to blame Alison Parr for having pointed out --with what often had seemed a pitiless cruelty--something of which he had had a constantly growing perception yet had continually sought to evade. [9]
- Why should she have, in Lise, continually before her eyes a degraded caricature of her own aspirations and ideals? [9]
- Of late they had been together even more than usual, continually seeking for the word, and planning a thousand delightful things he was to conjure up for her, and she for him and others. [10]
- It seemed a great wrong that, amid the unspeakably terrible misfortune which had overtaken her mistress, she could not refrain from thinking continually of Dion. [10]
- I found myself glancing continually at her face, on which the candle-light shone. [9]
- They were 'so full of laugh' with the idea, that they were continually exploding into muffled cackles. [5]
- She was continually forgetting the nature of his situation, and he grew gradually to typify in her mind the Grenoble of the past. [9]
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