constant

An activity that continues without stopping is constant.

• A person who has a constant headache should go see a doctor.
• Any sort of constant pain should be checked out by a doctor.
• Working under constant stress is not good for a person’s health.
• Living under the constant threat of danger is nerve-wracking.
• Having enough money to pay for food and housing is a constant concern for people who are poor.
• Constant, heavy rain flooded the roads and some houses.
• Construction in this area has been constant.
• Major highways have a constant flow of traffic.
• Constant noise disturbs some people.

He has to deal with constant noise every day.

The word "constantly" is an adverb.

• It’s constantly noisy in this neighborhood.
• There’s a woodpecker outside that constantly pecks at the side of my house.
• People who constantly complain are annoying.
• The Earth constantly orbits the Sun.
• The Moon constantly orbits the Earth.
• Elisa worries constantly about her children’s safety.
• Bill constantly checks his cell phone.
• A student who is constantly late to class or absent from class will be in trouble with the teacher.

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November 11, 2019