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
Recent Examples on the Web The first in a triptych of new releases that includes a duo with the guitarist Marisa Anderson and the return of Dirty Three after a dozen years, White’s brief, dense record underscores what has forever driven his singular approach: a ceaseless curiosity about what’s left to learn. Grayson Haver Currin, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024 Middleton has been away from the public eye since December reportedly because of unspecified health issues, leading to a ceaseless parade of conspiracy theories. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024 In a world of ceaseless tumult, its matchless serenity is more powerful than ever. James Kaplan, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2024 His Bronx childhood straddled a yawning divide between his religious education—rabbis droning on about the Jew’s existence outside time, in an eternal recurrence of exile, persecution, and dispossession—and its American counterpart: destiny made manifest in ceaseless forward motion. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024 In the dynamic field of women's health, the quest for effective treatments for chronic conditions is ceaseless. Brittany Barreto, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024 Lastly, the ceaseless Stanley craze saw one California woman steal 65 of them, before getting arrested. Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 26 Jan. 2024 The killing of an environmental activist at an ongoing forest blockade in Atlanta and the ceaseless violence against Native land defenders worldwide is never far from her mind. Katie Myers, WIRED, 20 Jan. 2024 The Supreme Court has held that presidents are absolutely immune from civil lawsuits related to their official acts, in part to protect them against ceaseless harassment and judicial scrutiny of their day-to-day decisions. Charlie Savage, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024

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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 17 Apr. 2024.

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ceaseless

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

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