Word Finder - always

definition

At all times; throughout all time; since the beginning.

example

Airplanes did not always exist as a form of transportation.

synonyms

• all the time
• continually
• every time
• perpetually

definition

Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally).

example

In this street, the shops always close during lunchtime.

synonyms

• invariably
• uniformly

definition

In any event.

example

I thought I could always go back to work.

synonyms

• anyhow
• anyway
• at any rate
• regardless

You've always taken care of us.

You always did have a high opinion of yourself.

So there was always plenty of food.

Mom always favored Alex.

Our "strong ties"—family, close friends and the like—we can always count on, but they are relatively few.

I always pictured myself driving a van instead of a truck.

Be always brave and truthful, said his father.

It was always exciting in an alarming way.

Why are you always blaming me?

People have always had the drive and the ability to build, create, discover, and explore.

She is always doing something for us, said Blondel.

Is it always like this?

Always love it, said his mother.

I knew it, it was the odour that always precedes a thunderstorm, and a nameless fear clutched at my heart.

But I did not always use this staff of life.

It's always something, isn't it?

You always look neat and clean - even if you are a little out of style.

I always knew when she wished me to bring her something, and I would run upstairs or anywhere else she indicated.

He always flares up!

The rich have always had this luxury.

You always liked living on the edge, but you've never been so impulsive.

I'll always love you.

While the few may be for war, the many are almost always for peace.

The kitchen is always open.

Mom always had a good relationship with her sister and brother.

The place where that may occur is always the same, and indescribably pleasant to all our senses.

He had always thought what he said then.

He's always been secretive, and whenever I ask him, he just tells me it's something I don't want to be involved in.

Do you always glow?

He always seemed to know the best thing to do, and when.

I could always tell if visitors had called in my absence, either by the bended twigs or grass, or the print of their shoes, and generally of what sex or age or quality they were by some slight trace left, as a flower dropped, or a bunch of grass plucked and thrown away, even as far off as the railroad, half a mile distant, or by the lingering odor of a cigar or pipe.

It was something she had always liked about him, mostly because he was sincere about it.

Many years before you came here this Land was united under one Ruler, as it is now, and the Ruler's name was always 'Oz,' which means in our language 'Great and Good'; or, if the Ruler happened to be a woman, her name was always 'Ozma.'

If it can be demonstrated that in the future, peace will always be preferable to all nations, then war will end.

Seeing the self-confident and refined expression on the faces of those present he was always expecting to hear something very profound.

Pulling his head down, she met warm lips again and surrendered to the passion he always managed to arouse.

I came, I saw, I conquered, as the first baby in the family always does.

It was one thing to tell herself everything was resolved, but quite another to thoroughly accept something she had always considered wrong.

They wound about, always going upward, for some time.

They told him how the lad was always trying to draw something.

Communicating feelings with Alex wasn't always easy.

I've always wanted to stay in a beach house.

You always have a comeback.

The implication is always that some people are simply unable to do any job that a machine cannot do.

Be the kindhearted man you always were, she said, trying to smile though tears were in her eyes.

Of course, there was always the possibility that she had come up with the idea of distracting Spenser, but he found that hard to believe.

Do you always visit the relatives of accident victims on your personal time?

It always hits the spot for me on cold days.

I think I've always known.

I always knew Martha was only here temporarily but I thought we'd at least get some warning.