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Antonyms for ceaseless


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sees-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsis lɪs



Definition of ceaseless

Origin :
  • 1580s, from cease (n.) + -less. Related: Ceaselessly; ceaselessness.
  • adj never-ending
Example sentences :
  • His quest is our quest: the ceaseless striving to live out our true creed.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • He said nothing, but lost himself in a flood of ceaseless ponderings.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • Beyond was the ceaseless bellowing and stamping and weaving of the herds.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • The bacteriologist's existence became a ceaseless round of toil.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • She listened to the ceaseless chatter in the dressing-room with a happy smile.
  • Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
  • Their existence is poisoned by ceaseless fears of treachery,—they know not where.
  • Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
  • All the while her lips were moving in one ceaseless, passionate prayer.
  • Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
  • The inventor was piloting his ship with ceaseless concentration.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • And above all, ceaseless like time, is the dull roar of the breakers on the reef.
  • Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
  • We are weary of the ceaseless resurrections of that once so toothsome dish.
  • Extract from : « My Contemporaries In Fiction » by David Christie Murray

Synonyms for ceaseless

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