ceaseless
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- ceaselessly adverb
- ceaselessness noun
Etymology
Origin of ceaseless
Example Sentences
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Fans will counter that the songwriter’s gifts are so ceaseless that younger generations might not even connect each hit with his name.
From Los Angeles Times
For more than a month, the Bay Area has been subjected to a seemingly ceaseless stampede of earthquakes — the latest in a series of seismic swarms that have rattled windows and raised fears across California.
From Los Angeles Times
His voice was cool and even, but his ceaseless finger drumming could not hide the tremor in his hands.
From Literature
The crickets and cicadas make a ceaseless, deafening buzz, coyotes cry mournfully in the distance, songbirds cheep and squawk at the first hint of dawn.
From Literature
But its allure is being winnowed away by the noxious Russian thistle, the spread of which is entirely the fault of the ceaseless and unforgiving prairie wind.
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