a occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series
the continual banging of the shutters
s `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)
Brewers' Braun goes on disabled list Read about the continual thumb troubles for Ryan Braun and when he could return from injury.
June 14, 2013 - TMJ4 Milwaukee
A Closer Walk With Thee, Lord You can have a thriving ministry without a thriving relationship with God, but only temporarily. Anyone can fake it in the short run, but to go the distance, you need a passionate devotional life and continual closeness to Jesus.
June 14, 2013 - The Christian Post
Michael Hayden in Newsday WASHINGTON - The US is making "a big and continual push" to capture or kill al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, but his demise won't end the organization's menace, CIA Director Michael Hayden said Tuesday in an Associated Press interview.
George Washington in The Wichita Eagle Washington warned that "the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it."