How to Use continual in a Sentence

continual

adjective
  • The country has been in a continual state of war since it began fighting for its independence.
  • The continual interruptions by the student were annoying the teacher.
  • This week we experienced days of continual sunshine.
  • There was the continual embrace of the mask, clamped to my face.
    — Neil Steinberg, Quartz, 15 Dec. 2019
  • And, with continual use your beard will become soft as ice cream.
    — Joseph Cheatham, Men's Health, 30 June 2023
  • Skim-ice has kept me from my beloved small lake passion and continual snow events just flat out stink.
    — Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Both people and pets shed hair and dead skin cells on a continual basis.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Both people and pets shed hair and dead skin cells on a continual basis.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Days, months, years—a chain of moments, the change continual.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The story of the Gulls this year is one of continual growth.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • For me, water breaking was a strange continual stream that went on for hours.
    — Rachel Stuhler, Cosmopolitan, 21 Aug. 2017
  • And years of continual needling is apt to get under anyone’s skin.
    — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In this case it was caused by the continual strong winds from one direction to the other.
    — Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Knowing who will be a quick study is key in a system that needs to account for continual turnover.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz at Work, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Try out castor oil at night on your lashes to boost length and thickness with continual use.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Try out castor oil at night on your lashes to boost length and thickness with continual use.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Try out castor oil at night on your lashes to boost length and thickness with continual use.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Try out castor oil at night on your lashes to boost length and thickness with continual use.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2025
  • And in a sense, that’s part of the continual evolution.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The art of selling has seen continual disruption in the last few decades.
    — Matt Ranta, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • But the most sort of continual emotion of Tanya was always grief.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The goal is to be in a continual improvement process, Berg said.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The six years since Jobs’ death have been marked by outrageous growth and continual change.
    — Rick Tetzeli, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Because this product isn't an aerosol, the spray isn't continual and doesn't go on as evenly.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Staffing has been a continual problem at the airport in recent months.
    — Melissa Yeager, The Arizona Republic, 15 Sep. 2021
  • There’s continual demand for those that are certified to do the work.
    — Molly Sullivan, sacbee, 11 Feb. 2018
  • The good outweighs the bad here but the continual grinding of hate and false statements is very taxing.
    — oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023
  • How much Google should have stripped down these apps is going to be a continual point of discussion.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 20 Apr. 2018
  • His rule has been a continual test of checks and balances, and his biggest check, arguably, has been women.
    — Sarah Kendzior, Marie Claire, 8 May 2017
  • The continual errors have led fans at home games to loudly chant for Woodson’s ouster.
    — Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025

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