incessant

Definition

Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.

Etymology

From Late Middle English incessaunte, from Late Latin incessāns, incessantem, from Latin in- + cessāns.

Example Sentences

• "The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night."
• "[…] incessant interferings and bickerings, in every country, between the secular powers and the ecclesiastical."
• "The face of Nature may be compared to a yielding surface, with ten thousand sharp wedges packed close together and driven inwards by incessant blows, sometimes one wedge being struck, and then another with greater force."