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Meanings of perpetual in English

Continuing forever or indefinitely.

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      Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing.

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            Endless.

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                  Usage of perpetual in English
                  1
                  And, of course, he has no problem talking about his perpetual tan.
                  Reuters
                  2
                  The vultures and the sand-grouse held it undisturbed in a perpetual tenancy.
                  The Four Feathers
                  3
                  This led the DA's local governments into a phase of perpetual uncertainty.
                  The South African
                  4
                  Therefore, women are under enormous societal pressure to remain in perpetual adolescence.
                  Feminist dot com
                  5
                  The constant interruptions and micro-management was a perpetual pain in the ass.
                  Terminal Compromise
                  6
                  The perpetual emotion in which Marcella lived tired and oppressed the mother.
                  Marcella
                  7
                  The skies above us and the earth underfoot are in perpetual motion.
                  The House of the Vampire
                  8
                  Their ideas are incidents in their perpetual oscillation between apathy and passion.
                  The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress
                  9
                  This is to be the perpetual rule for the Senatus in deciding.
                  On the Choice of Books
                  10
                  Days later, the perpetual train comes to the residue of that drift.
                  Iron Council
                  11
                  It's almost as if you're in a perpetual state of missing something.
                  The South African
                  12
                  I do not believe in the necessity of wide-spread and perpetual misery.
                  Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1
                  13
                  The plea in extenuation of guilt and mitigation of punishment is perpetual.
                  Lectures on Modern history
                  14
                  The multiplication and addition of cats were a perpetual instruction in arithmetic.
                  The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 / Negligible Tal...
                  15
                  People were in perpetual conflict about the character of the great man.
                  Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life
                  16
                  Life is eternal; it is a perpetual renewal of birth and growth.
                  Doctor Pascal
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                  United States of America
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