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Always

adverb

At all times; all the time and on every occasion. Synonyms: e'er, ever. "Always arrives on time" , "There is always some pollution in the air" , "Ever hoping to strike it rich" , "Ever busy"

Without variation or change, in every case. Synonyms: constantly, invariably. "He always arrives on time"

Without interruption. Synonyms: constantly, forever, incessantly, perpetually.

At any time or in any event. "You could always take a day off"

Forever; throughout all time. "I shall treasure it always" , "I will always love you"

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"Always" Quotes from Famous Books

... him, He bends it to his will; And if the flood o'erflows him, He dives and steins it still; No hindering dull material Shall conquer or control His energies ethereal, His gladiator soul! Let lower spirits linger, For hint and beck and nod, He always sees the finger Of an ...

— Ishmael - In the Depths • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

... the truth," Blondie declares. "Don't think it's wrong to kill, because when you kill, it's always out of anger. ...

— The Underdogs • Mariano Azuela

... "Not always. It was in this room when you arrived. It is here now—I feel. But, in going down to dinner, we seemed to get away from it. The conclusion is that it remained here. Don't let us talk about ...

— Tongues of Conscience • Robert Smythe Hichens

... but they extend gratuitous protection to them in all cases of individual oppression, and make it their duty to watch over the execution of the laws, which have been obtained in their favor. Mr. Myers Fisher, one of the first lawyers of Philadelphia, is always ready to lend them his assistance, which he generally does with success, and always without reward. These societies have committees in different parts of the country to take notice of any infractions of these laws of liberty, ...

— Anti-Slavery Opinions before the Year 1800 - Read before the Cincinnati Literary Club, November 16, 1872 • William Frederick Poole

... some dispute among our familiars, myself on my bed, the boys on the floor - for when it comes to the judicial I play dignity - or else going down to Apia on some more or less unsatisfactory errand. Altogether it is a life that suits me, but it absorbs me like an ocean. That is what I have always envied and admired in Scott; with all that immensity of work and study, his mind kept flexible, glancing to all points of natural interest. But the lean hot spirits, such as mine, become hypnotised with their bit occupations - if I may use Scotch to you - it is so far more scornful ...

— Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson - Volume 2 • Robert Louis Stevenson

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