adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a constant/permanent/perpetual state of sth
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They lived in a constant state of fear.
perpetual motion
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
motion
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The brash internet entrepreneurs of a year ago seemed to think they had discovered the financial equivalent of perpetual motion .
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Then, my dear Summerlee, it is that most wonderful of devices: a perpetual motion machine!
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It was in perpetual motion up to and including the moment they all sat in each other's seats.
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The cyclical exchange of payments for factors of production and payments for final goods becomes a perpetual motion machine.
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Within the Boundless, which is in perpetual motion , worlds, including our world, come into being and pass away.
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Earthquakes line the borders of the tectonic plates and are symptoms of the perpetual motion inside our planet.
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This administration is a perpetual motion mess.
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And you were accusing me of being a perpetual motion merchant.
state
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Be Since the budget was never balanced, there was a perpetual state of revolutionary unrest.
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In fact, I had lived my life in a perpetual state of crisis.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a perpetual struggle between rich and poor
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For many working mothers, balancing the demands of children and job is a perpetual challenge.
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Her husband's perpetual jealousy strongly affected their marriage.
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I'm sick of her perpetual nagging.
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Those who remain in the city are in perpetual danger of being hit by bullets and shells.
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Walker seems to have a perpetual grin on his face.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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How can a struggling organization escape this pernicious cycle of perpetual reaction and strife?
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Most senators complain that their perpetual race for money distracts them from official duties.
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The perpetual light of Voltai came in through his long windows.
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The loyalty and heroics that Mulholland inspired in his workers were a perpetual source of wonder.
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The process is one of perpetual self-improvement.
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They help ward off the horse's instinctive perpetual fear of danger.
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Up to five alarm calls per day can be set and there's a perpetual calendar as well.