Word Finder - continued

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To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).

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Do you want me to continue to unload these?

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To make last; to prolong.

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To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.

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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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To resume.

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When will the concert continue?

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To adjourn, prorogue, put off.

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This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July.

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To make a continuation bet.

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The word continued when placed in the end of the page to show it is to be continued

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Prolonged; unstopped.

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Uninterrupted.

She continued to pack in silence.

The storm continued most of the night.

The prince was working at the lathe and after glancing round continued his work.

She answered him and continued her chatter.

But they continued to fall, all together, and the boy and girl had no difficulty in remaining upon the seat, just as they were before.

She continued to type while I put in the call.

When he continued to watch her without response, she sighed.

She continued the conversation as if nothing had happened.

No, my dear boy," he continued, "you and your generals won't get on against Buonaparte; you'll have to call in the French, so that birds of a feather may fight together.

When he continued to watch her, she smiled wryly.

How long this state of things continued Dorothy could not even guess, she was so greatly bewildered.

She pulled the car back on the road and continued toward the Giddon place.

Well, go on," he continued, returning to his hobby; "tell me how the Germans have taught you to fight Bonaparte by this new science you call 'strategy.'"

Señor Medena shook his head and continued toward the car.

When he continued to assess her, she boldly returned his appraisal.

Before everyone stopped laughing, he continued.

Pierre murmured something unintelligible, and continued to look round as if in search of something.

The princess continued to look at him without moving, and with the same dull expression.

Heat and drought had continued for more than three weeks.

Some people began to laugh, others continued to watch in dismay the executioner who was undressing the other man.

He continued to avoid her gaze, focusing on Felipa instead.

His expression was reflective as he continued to regard her.

Howie continued to look to us for direction while remaining adamant we exclude so much as mention of what we were doing to anyone outside our group.

When Connie continued to watch her dubiously, Lisa dropped to the bed and sighed heavily.

When I didn't respond, she continued.

She continued to watch him soberly.

After he had gone Pierre continued pacing up and down the room for a long time, no longer piercing an imaginary foe with his imaginary sword, but smiling at the remembrance of that pleasant, intelligent, and resolute young man.

The old prince did not evince the least interest during this explanation, but as if he were not listening to it continued to dress while walking about, and three times unexpectedly interrupted.

The most solemn mystery in the world continued its course.

Alex obliged and then the four of them continued to a lot where some horses grazed.

She shook her head and continued.

Sarah shook her head and rolled her eyes as she continued her needlework.

We weren't disappointed as Martha continued.

We waited until Howie continued.

While these assets upgraded our efficiency, the LeBlanc house continued to be inadequate.

While we presumed Daniel Brennan and Merrill Cooms had gleaned much about our group from our many conversations, we continued to volunteer nothing concrete.

Jennifer Radisson continued to intimidate.

Dean thought she might cry but she continued.

Fred and Dean didn't stop to exam­ine them but continued to casually stroll by.

Algebra and geometry were the only studies that continued to defy my efforts to comprehend them.

As she continued to ask these distressing questions, we left the cemetery.

She continued to exercise her vocal organs mechanically, as ordinary children do.

But Pierre continued his speech without heeding her.

And my affairs are in such a bad way that my position is now a terrible one, continued Anna Mikhaylovna, sadly, dropping her voice.

Though in the new reign he was free to return to the capitals, he still continued to live in the country, remarking that anyone who wanted to see him could come the hundred miles from Moscow to Bald Hills, while he himself needed no one and nothing.

Pierre continued, in French, to persuade the officer not to hold that drunken imbecile to account.

He walked down the hill, pausing a reverent moment at the headstone, and then ducked under a limb as he continued down the hill.

She stopped, and Roxanne continued down the hall.

The arms that rescued her continued to cradle her gently, and what the fall had failed to do to her heart beat, his close proximity completed.

He continued to eat, ignoring her presence, and she squirmed in her chair.