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Synonyms for endlessness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : end-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛnd lɪs



Définition of endlessness

Origin :
  • Old English endeleas; see end (n.) + -less. Related: Endlessly. Old English used endeleasnes for "infinity, eternity."
  • noun everlastingness
Example sentences :
  • The endlessness of such a subtly cruel situation was appalling—if you think of it.
  • Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
  • Such is the endlessness, yea, the intolerableness of all earthly effort.
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
  • Theresa felt herself bewildered by the endlessness and the dirt of it.
  • Extract from : « Yonder » by Emily Hilda Young
  • There can be no deep friendship which does not sign for endlessness.
  • Extract from : « The World's Great Sermons, Volume 6: H. W. Beecher to Punshon » by Various
  • The fact of our endlessness at once puts a certain order into life.
  • Extract from : « Our Lady Saint Mary » by J. G. H. Barry
  • The empty land, the endlessness of the ocean, and the excess of light disposed me somewhat toward mysticism.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • The serpent slipping from one skin to another coils steadily into the symbol of endlessness.
  • Extract from : « Demonology and Devil-lore » by Moncure Daniel Conway
  • I felt the eternal flames taking hold on me, and some foretaste of their endlessness seemed to enter into my being.
  • Extract from : « Spiritual Adventures » by Arthur Symons
  • Of her originally sprang the inspired teaching of the doom of men to excruciation in endlessness.
  • Extract from : « Diana of the Crossways, Complete » by George Meredith
  • Time was an endlessness whose vanishing left its illusion unchanged.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht

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