ceaseless

adjective

cease·​less ˈsēs-ləs How to pronounce ceaseless (audio)
: continuing without cease : constant
ceaseless efforts
ceaselessly adverb
ceaselessness noun

Examples of ceaseless in a Sentence

her ceaseless efforts to build and improve the business there has been ceaseless rain for three days
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The journalist’s year at Auschwitz consisted of ceaseless torture and humiliation. Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2025 But there was less evidence of systematic, ceaseless brutalization of the state against its people. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025 League sources stifle their snickers in public while privately marveling at the owner’s ceaseless stupidity. 3. Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025 The song is vintage stomp-and-holler festival folk, with Marcus Mumford’s vocals sailing over thumping drums and the ceaseless tumble of acoustic guitar and banjo. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for ceaseless 

Word History

First Known Use

1576, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ceaseless was in 1576

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“Ceaseless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ceaseless. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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ceaseless

adjective
cease·​less ˈsēs-ləs How to pronounce ceaseless (audio)
ceaselessly adverb
ceaselessness noun

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