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1. This suit has been in constant wear for two years.
2. They aimed at him constantly, and always missed him.
3. He was constantly visible, he was incessantly audible.
4. Their whole life was a constant battle against poverty.
5. She had a constant parade of young men coming to visit her.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONSTANTLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
constantly
 ad.  in an unchangeable or invariable manner; in every case; perpetually; continually
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Many thoughts occurred to him; but there was one which kept constantly presenting itself afresh, and which drove away all others.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X—THE MAN AROUSED
2  Fantine had long evaded Tholomyes in the mazes of the hill of the Pantheon, where so many adventurers twine and untwine, but in such a way as constantly to encounter him again.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—A DOUBLE QUARTETTE
3  The Thenardiers, who were not promptly paid, wrote to her constantly letters whose contents drove her to despair, and whose carriage ruined her.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—RESULT OF THE SUCCESS
4  Carve as we will the mysterious block of which our life is made, the black vein of destiny constantly reappears in it.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE
5  He had caught the old man's deep glances returning constantly to the child.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—THENARDIER AND HIS MANOEUVRES
6  He was an ex-beadle of seventy-five, who was constantly mumbling his prayers.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER V—A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND PROD...
7  This gable was sombre of aspect; only one window was visible, or, to speak more correctly, two shutters covered with a sheet of zinc and kept constantly closed.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—THE GROPINGS OF FLIGHT
8  This custom, the object of which is to break the thread of thought and to lead it back constantly to God, exists in many communities; the formula alone varies.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA
9  There certainly must be some who pray constantly for those who never pray at all.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VIII—FAITH, LAW
10  When Marius passed near her, he could not see her eyes, which were constantly lowered.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—LUX FACTA EST
11  He sought constantly, he sought everywhere; he found nothing.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—MARIUS, WHILE SEEKING A GIRL IN A BONNET, ENCOU...
12  He was constantly visible, he was incessantly audible.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER IV—AN ATTEMPT TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP
13  They aimed at him constantly, and always missed him.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XV—GAVROCHE OUTSIDE
14  Every day he emerged from his house at the same hour, he undertook the same trip, but he no longer completed it, and, perhaps without himself being aware of the fact, he constantly shortened it.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION
15  From fifty to sixty Musketeers, who appeared to replace one another in order always to present an imposing number, paraded constantly, armed to the teeth and ready for anything.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 2 THE ANTECHAMBER OF M. DE TREVILLE
Example Sentence: (69 in 5 pages)
16  Indeed many are still advice workers and are thus constantly furnished with very real on-going practical experience to support their tutoring role.
17  The skin underneath is constantly breaking down and is very painful.
18  The storm was capricious: it changed course constantly.
19  He was constantly being warned to mend his improvident ways and begin to "save for a rainy day.".
20  She was constantly surrounded by a group of fawning admirers who hoped to win some favor.
21  A career woman and mother, she was constantly busy with the multifarious activities of her daily life.
22  He was proud of his genealogy and constantly referred to the achievements of his ancestors.
23  He warned Canadian politicians in a speech against what he called constantly criticizing your friend and your number one trading partner.
24  Our professionalism as individuals and as a group is constantly under scrutiny.
25  She has a low threshold of boredom and needs the constant stimulation of physical activity.
26  The farm was in / under constant requisition as a base for the rescue team.
27  Their whole life was a constant battle against poverty.
28  The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion is humility.
29  She had a constant parade of young men coming to visit her.
30  This suit has been in constant wear for two years.