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on and on

ADVERB
continuously
Synonyms
WEAK
ad nauseam constantly continuously forever never-ending perpetually relentless relentlessly repeatedly steadily time after time time and time again unceasingly uninterruptedly unremitting unremittingly without a break without stopping

Example Sentences

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It went on and on for, I’m not kidding, six hours or more.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

“He went on and on about how it wasn’t how he remembered it, and that it had changed,” Jackson recalls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

It just goes on and on like this.

From Slate • Nov. 21, 2025

"I'm just really enjoying this moment. This is a big new frontier for me. And it just made me feel like, gosh, creativity doesn't stop at any one age. It just goes on and on."

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

So as the bombs fell and Dresden was destroyed, we walked away, on and on, no strength left for arguing anymore, no strength left even for speaking.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo