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without a break

ADVERB
on and on
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 stopping
ADVERB
together
Synonyms
WEAK
consecutively continually continuously in succession night and day on end one after the other running successively unintermittedly without interruption

Example Sentences

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That progresses without a break into the first song, “Nahandove,” from Ravel’s “Songs of Madagascar,” with piano and cello but not the flute in Ravel’s original setting.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026

At a recent Columbus, Ohio, concert, an attending friend tells me, the 83-year-old played nearly three hours without a break.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

For many years after Independence the Congress ruled without a break.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024

In the busy summer season, he'd be at the stove every day for two months, without a break.

From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2023

It must have been hard for Annette, but she watched us play for the next two hours without a break.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick