pause
noun
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action.
pauseless
-
a word derived from
pause.
Example Sentences
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There was a din of crickets outside, and the pauseless roar of the river, and the stately world was illumined with pearly moonlight; but inside the log it was dark and hushed, like a crypt.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
“To get the word male out of the Constitution cost the women of the country...years of pauseless campaigning,” she later wrote.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
A ceaseless, pauseless murmur sprang up out of the distance, and the trees rocked with a mighty crashing of branches, while here and there a big drop of rain fell.
From The Prodigal Judge by Vaughan Kester
How long wilt thou, my child, thus groan, in a pauseless affliction Eating thy heart, neither mindful of food nor the pillow of slumber?
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various
She saw herself, at first with an astonished chagrin and afterwards with resignation, swarming up to the eaves of her little home, pauseless, gapless, luxuriantly threatening choke the very chimneys.
From The Pastor's Wife by Elizabeth von Arnim
