ceaseless

[US]/'siːslɪs/
[UK]/ˈsislɪs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. constant; endless

Phrases & Collocations

ceaseless effort

ceaseless rain

ceaseless noise

Example Sentences

The ceaseless rain was bad for the crops.

the fort was subjected to ceaseless bombardment.

the ceaseless deluge had turned the lawn into a swamp.

the ceaseless thunder of the surf against the rocks;

Their ceaseless noise annoyed the neighbours.

This was what they achieved after two years of ceaseless military labour.

This was what they achieved after scores of years of ceaseless labour.

Real-world Examples

The sky is overcast with clouds and the rain is ceaseless.

Source: Selected Poems of Tagore

There is activity every where and a ceaseless thrum of electrical energy.

Source: A Brief History of Everything

And above all, ceaseless like time, is the dull roar of the breakers on the reef.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

Perhaps the ceaseless vigilance of the police has dramatically reduced the availability of drugs on the street.

Source: The Economist - International

Ceaseless in its action, it yet cannot be named, and then it again returns and becomes nothing.

Source: Tao Te Ching

Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.

Source: Moby-Dick

The mule walked his ceaseless circle through the grove.

Source: Cross Creek (Part 2)

Well, that and the ceaseless desire of human beings to discover things and contract scurvy.

Source: World History Crash Course

At that time, my ceaseless preoccupation was how to obtain money to keep myself alive.

Source: Essays on the Four Seasons

The Bear was a marvel, a testament to man's ceaseless desire to conquer the skies.

Source: 202320

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