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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Consumers might be tightening their belts, and pushing back against incessant price hikes amid stubbornly high inflation, but the staples sector has booked its strongest January gains since 1997.
From Barron's
This contrasts with the incessant rain we have seen in parts of eastern Scotland with Aberdeen seeing rain everyday for nearly three weeks.
From BBC
This contrasts with the incessant rain we have seen in parts of eastern Scotland with Aboyne in Aberdeenshire already having had 63mm - more than its average for the whole of February.
From BBC
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
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