How to Use continual in a Sentence

continual

adjective
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  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • And, with continual use your beard will become soft as ice cream.
    — Joseph Cheatham, Men's Health, 30 June 2023
  • 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
  • It’s a continual series of 47 named rapids, with many classified as IV and IV+.
    — Rhonda Abrams, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022
  • Both sunlight and the additions keep the collage in continual flux.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Rhoden calls it a kind of love letter to Bowie as the music world’s king of continual reinvention.
    — Karen Campbell, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Because of continual use, soap and residue accumulate and slow the drain over time, leaving a smelly residue.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2023
  • That continual investment is the source of the undeniable rail safety gains over the last two decades.
    — Ian Jefferies, Fortune, 15 June 2023
  • Indeed, Brook lived and worked in a continual state of becoming.
    — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2022
  • However, as Darwin told us, survival of the fittest is about survival of those best able to adapt, and adapting is a continual process.
    — George Bradt, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Police had said the bar had been a source of continual problems, including fights, overdoses and the stabbing of a 17-year-old girl.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 May 2023
  • The pans come with glass lids that have vents for a continual release of steam which prevents condensation.
    — Kristen (kj) Callihan, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2023
  • As the sport continues to grow, its success will require a continual return to its roots.
    — Chris La Tray, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
  • This will require continual dialogue, not the on-again, off-again meetings that have been happening in the past five years.
    — Krista Wiegand, The Conversation, 21 June 2023
  • Glass, a three-year starter who has displayed continual improvement, will lead the Hawks’ backend.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
  • My mindset shift led to a process of continual improvement.
    — Joshua Spodek, Time, 4 Nov. 2022
  • This comes after more than a week of continual gas price increases (and breaking records) in Northeast Ohio.
    — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 7 June 2022
  • Those records aren’t a complete picture of the continual crises in these shelters, according to managers.
    — Mollie Simon, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Seager said Wednesday he’s made continual progress with the injury with no setbacks.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 4 May 2023
  • Try and take a really fast nap to make up for just my inevitable and continual sleep deprivation.
    — Lisa Liebman, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2022
  • They are restocked on a continual basis as new merchandise arrives at the store.
    — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 24 Oct. 2022
  • According to that Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport study, both the run-walkers and the continual runners finished their marathons in similar times.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 3 July 2023
  • Obviously, Emily’s living in the city of love and has continual romantic dilemmas, but one of the greatest loves of her life is her job.
    — Time, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Israelis put up for many years with continual barrages of rockets directed by Hamas at their cities and villages.
    — Ami Ayalon, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2023

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