incessant
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- incessancy noun
- incessantly adverb
- incessantness noun
Etymology
Origin of incessant
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English incessaunte, from Late Latin incessant-, equivalent to Latin in- negative prefix + cessant- (stem of cessāns ), present participle of cessāre “to stop work”; in- 3, cease, -ant
Example Sentences
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When Arco swipes his sister’s flying apparatus for a secret midnight soar, however, he falls into the year 2075 and a tech-dependent Earth world barely hanging on in the face of incessant weather disasters.
From Los Angeles Times
The air smelled cold and hard, and she could practically taste exhaust and grit, the perfect late afternoon punctured by incessant car horns and an ambulance siren.
From Literature
Some residents have told The Times they’ve been unable to sleep because of the incessant beeping from Waymos maneuvering in and out of charging spots on the lot 24 hours a day.
From Los Angeles Times
With weeks to go, Will says the calls and emails to Star Gaze from people asking where their tickets were had become incessant.
From BBC
U-boats, Mr. Moorhouse tells us, were also plagued by malfunctioning torpedoes, mechanical failures and, eventually, the incessant—and often successful—depth-charge attacks of Allied warships.
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