How to Use continual in a Sentence
continual
adjective- The country has been in a continual state of war since it began fighting for its independence.
- The continual interruptions by the student were annoying the teacher.
- This week we experienced days of continual sunshine.
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The art of selling has seen continual disruption in the last few decades.
— Matt Ranta, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021 -
That ampersand between their names was the key to their continual success.
— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2021 -
In a time of continual earthquakes, the windows into the earth could only inspire fear.
— Jonathan Lethem, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021 -
It’s a continual, often lifelong process of learning and adapting.
— Ella Glover, refinery29.com, 14 Feb. 2021 -
In an age when more and more games have taken on the continual live-service model, only so many can gain traction (some only last a few days).
— Cameron Koch, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2024 -
That success encouraged him down a path of continual reinvention.
— Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024 -
This large loop, embraced and enjoyed by community members, is continual and lasting.
— Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2021 -
The company will basically be testing a third of its workforce every day on a continual basis through the season.
— Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Jan. 2021 -
The continual search for the next gimmick also subjected the Pauls to plenty of internet outrage.
— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024 -
Does Falvey lean toward taking pride in the regular season or fuming over continual losing in the postseason?
— Star Tribune, 28 Jan. 2021 -
Advocating for the rights for Jewish refugees from Arab lands does not negate the suffering and continual plight of Palestinian refugees.
— Henry A. Green, Sun Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024 -
But Peters is less interested in resolution than in the continual project of reckoning with ourselves.
— Crispin Long, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2021 -
Life for a woman should not be a continual replay of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
— Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2023 -
Through continual investment in employee learning, companies can create a shared basis of knowledge that will continue to serve the company in the future.
— Sam Kroonenburg, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021 -
The good outweighs the bad here but the continual grinding of hate and false statements is very taxing.
— oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023 -
But the most sort of continual emotion of Tanya was always grief.
— Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2023 -
In this case it was caused by the continual strong winds from one direction to the other.
— Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2021 -
The sheer number of users is up, too, and the abundance and low price of P2P meth may enable more continual use among them.
— Sam Quinones, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2021 -
Among the keys to making continual progress will be the defensive end of the field, where the team allowed three or more goals in half of its games.
— Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, 3 Mar. 2021 -
Skim-ice has kept me from my beloved small lake passion and continual snow events just flat out stink.
— Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 6 Mar. 2021 -
And, with continual use your beard will become soft as ice cream.
— Joseph Cheatham, Men's Health, 30 June 2023 -
Both people and pets shed hair and dead skin cells on a continual basis.
— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2024 -
The closeness of the lines is a continual source of unease, Private Murdza said.
— New York Times, 1 Feb. 2022 -
It’s a continual process of warding off a wandering mind, and putting your attention to the task at hand.
— Paul Christianson, WSJ, 15 June 2022 -
Beyond the creek, the route swings back uphill on one of a continual string of ups and downs that adds up to over 1,100 feet of total elevation change for the hike.
— Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2023 -
The telescope will capture a huge swath of the sky in the Southern hemisphere and take continual pictures to record a sort of movie that will show the universe changing.
— NBC News, 10 May 2021 -
It’s a continual series of 47 named rapids, with many classified as IV and IV+.
— Rhonda Abrams, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022
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