CONTINUITY in a Sentence

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If we continue to deplete the Earth's natural resources, we will cause serious damage to the environment.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONTINUITY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
continuity
 n.  property of a continuous and connected period of time
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  And the continuity is not Organic, but mechanical.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
2  There was a gap in the continuity of consciousness, almost American: but industrial really.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
3  You've got to have some sort of continuity in your life.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
4  A stubborn woman an er own self-will: ay, they make a fast continuity, they do.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
5  Vienna considers the bases of the proposed treaty so unattainable that not even a continuity of most brilliant successes would secure them, and she doubts the means we have of gaining them.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI
6  Absolute continuity of motion is not comprehensible to the human mind.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER I
7  She could get along without the Bourbons; she had done without them for two and twenty years; there had been a break of continuity; they did not suspect the fact.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WELL CUT
8  This sound, faint at first, then precise, then heavy and sonorous, approached slowly, without halt, without intermission, with a tranquil and terrible continuity.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER I—THE FLAG: ACT FIRST
9  Again the avenger had been foiled, and again his concentrated hatred urged him to continue the pursuit.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
10  He would, probably, for a time at least, continue to perform his duties.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
11  For the stage was empty; the emotion must be continued; the only thing to continue the emotion was the song; and the words were inaudible.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
12  Things cannot continue as they are.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
13  To continue in fistic phraseology, he had a genius for coming up to the scratch, wherever and whatever it was, and proving himself an ugly customer.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II
14  Should her disposition be really bad," said Sir Thomas, "we must not, for our own children's sake, continue her in the family; but there is no reason to expect so great an evil.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
15  From all that I hear and guess, Baron Wildenheim's attentions to Julia continue, but I do not know that he has any serious encouragement.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  If we continue to destroy the countryside many more animals will become extinct.
17  It is imperative for your recovery to continue the treatment for at least two months.
18  The treatment will continue until the patient reaches the point where he can walk correctly and safely.
19  The trial is expected to continue for three months.
20  The weather should continue to improve over the weekend.
21  Owing to a lack of funds, the project will not continue next year.
22  Most big companies continue to overpay their top executives.
23  She fully intends to continue her sporting career once she has recovered from her injuries.
24  If we continue to deplete the Earth's natural resources, we will cause serious damage to the environment.
25  The embassy will continue discussions with the Chinese government.
26  We will continue to run the company as a going concern.
27  He insisted that the conflict would continue until conditions were met for a ceasefire.
28  The rain will continue into the evening.
29  We will continue to do all we can to.
30  Toxic chemicals continue to be dumped in the North Sea.