Early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Such constancy is predicated upon the utter hopelessness of his love. From Wordnik.com. [Byron and Romantic Occidentalism] Reference
The novel depicts this deeply seated constancy from the beginning to the end. From Wordnik.com. [Grazia Deledda: Voice of Sardinia] Reference
How many different conceptions are conveyed by the terms constancy and variability?. From Wordnik.com. [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference
He adds a third, namely constancy, which may be comprised under magnificence. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
But for now, let's be grateful that we can rely on word constancy in most areas of linguistics. From Wordnik.com. [Language Log] Reference
The members of this school reject these three presuppositions linked to what W. Köhler called the constancy hypothesis. From Wordnik.com. [On A Trans-Atlantic Flight] Reference
"constancy" -- the playing not from caprice but on a definite plan and principle. From Wordnik.com. [Stray Studies from England and Italy] Reference
His constancy is noteworthy. From Wordnik.com. [The Wars of John McCain] Reference
They are not just the backdrops to our lives, they are a kind of constancy, a truth that was there before us and will persist after us. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: Wenlock Edge] Reference
Showed up for work every day and did it well, and had a good time doing it, but displayed the kind of constancy and teamwork that we all respect. From Wordnik.com. [President Remarks At Clinton Gore Gala Fundraiser] Reference
"What do you call constancy?" said she. From Wordnik.com. [Malbone: an Oldport romance] Reference
Your constancy was our salvation, and perhaps your own! ". From Wordnik.com. [54-40 or Fight] Reference
There is another kind of constancy which should here be noticed. From Wordnik.com. [History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2)] Reference
His constancy was a great virtue. From Wordnik.com. [Ayala's Angel] Reference
Philip Malbone has that kind of constancy, and so had his father before him. ". From Wordnik.com. [Malbone: an Oldport romance] Reference
'constancy' to Miss E., who had been loved, she boasted, for seven years ... that is, once at the beginning and once at the end. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846] Reference
The songs create and appreciate honesty, constancy and forgiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Jillian Burt: Grinderman is the First Great Band of the Anthropocene Epoch] Reference
A symbol of radiance, health, and constancy in love and friendship. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
That's one of the best tests we have of the constancy of the laws of physics. From Wordnik.com. [Does The Universe Have a 'Dark Flow?'] Reference
Speaking of possessions -- my appendix still gives me ample proof of its constancy. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Dakota Divorcee] Reference
Next to constancy in our fondness for others should come forbearance and conformity. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
The first has to do with his lack of constancy, probity and fidelity to principle and his own promises. From Wordnik.com. [Why Character Matters] Reference
The main lesson: "An experience of realism, of prudence, of a fair amount of constancy, of an absence of U-turns.". From Wordnik.com. [The Year Of Spain] Reference
Then shall the just stand with great constancy against those that have afflicted them, and taken away their labours. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 25: Wisdom The Challoner Revision] Reference
We were getting older and changing, but our gods remained the same, constant in their fickleness or in their constancy. From Wordnik.com. [Levi Johnston, Bristol Palin and predictable news] Reference
These are things that, to me, should be addressed with some constancy -- if they are indeed problems -- throughout the year. From Wordnik.com. [Rethinking New Year's Resolutions] Reference
To sustain this friendship, I repeat, there are very necessary demands upon your patience, your charity, and your constancy. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
The constancy of their compassion and the absolute decency with which they treated me and my family were truly awe-inspiring. From Wordnik.com. ['Step on a Crack'] Reference
The most interesting among them, for the length of time it has been in action and the constancy of its activity, is Stromboli. From Wordnik.com. [Wonders of Creation] Reference
Democracy must be grown from its seeds, and those seeds need warmth, patience, constancy and arduous upkeep so that they may grow. From Wordnik.com. [A High-Tech Crisis?] Reference
They will use the weapons with which Nature has provided them; love, constancy, self-sacrifice, their intellectual strength, and will. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
A pleasing symbol of good and loyal friends, constancy in love, and the realisation of your wishes; an emblem of safety to a sailor. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
The constancy of the devoted band astonished the Iroquois, who could not refrain from expressing their admiration of the white man's constancy. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
His spirit breathed out upon men, and in his lifetime the city felt its beauty and greatness, drawing from his constancy the courage to endure. From Wordnik.com. [Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati] Reference
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