How to Use constancy in a Sentence

constancy

noun
  • My 3-year-old was used to the sameness of the days and the constancy of our unit.
    — Dianne Gallagher, CNN, 12 Aug. 2021
  • His greatness stems from the overlap of those skills and their constancy.
    — Houston Mitchell, latimes.com, 9 July 2019
  • Don’t mistake the giddiness of this new fling for the constancy of your old love.
    — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021
  • And as always with Trump there are questions of constancy and tone.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Flu evolves at a breakneck pace, so any island of constancy amid this sea of change must mean something.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2012
  • These don’t involve many moving parts and don’t require much constancy.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 20 Oct. 2017
  • And its quietude is an effect of its constancy as a measure of value.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • The lifers’ constancy is useful in a house where the occupants change every four to eight years.
    — Susannah Jacob, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The constancy of car horns in India is legend, a stock line for travel writers.
    — Raghu Karnad, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2020
  • The constancy of the message begins to sway Nugget's belief in the goodness of her friend.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 12 June 2018
  • The young princess was being groomed to become a symbol of constancy and tradition.
    — Alison Fishburn, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Perhaps that’s because there is something eternal in the brand that mirrors the constancy of change.
    — Clifton Leaf, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2018
  • That makes the stability and constancy of a pod that much more attractive.
    — John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 3 Aug. 2020
  • And the tales of these terrifying teeth marks get told with similar constancy.
    — SI.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • And yet, despite the firestorms, White has shown remarkable constancy.
    — Danielle Dreilinger, NOLA.com, 8 June 2017
  • In my personal life, the mesmerizing constancy of the surf brings peace.
    — Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • His constancy has been really good and his leadership.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • But for the nostalgia lover, the real story of Lupie’s is one of constancy in a city defined by change.
    — Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2026
  • But the very slowness, the week-in, week-out constancy of climate change or enduring infection, is lulling.
    — Bathsheba Demuth, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The challenge is finding the proper balance between change and constancy.
    — John Gurda, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2021
  • We were just stunned by my idiotic behavior, but that idea that of the constancy was suddenly were wiped.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The river itself was a standard-issue metaphor of time’s ungraspable flux and constancy.
    — Wells Tower, Outside Online, 11 July 2018
  • Presidents back then had constancy of purpose, even if not always correct policies.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The taller figure, an adult woman shepherding a child along her path, represents nature, in all its constancy and grace.
    — Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, 11 May 2018
  • The city is different, but in a city that has been rapidly changing since I was born, I am used to the constancy of change.
    — Leila Mottley, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2022
  • Once again, Elizabeth, with her constancy, helped usher in a cultural sea change.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Stability and constancy are the bedrocks of the state, which marks its centennial later this month.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN, 5 Apr. 2021
  • What was the public health response to the constancy and intensity of yellow fever outbreaks?
    — Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Apr. 2022
  • But the appeal of the institution of the Papacy, for many, lies in its promise of constancy.
    — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2015
  • Sanders’s constancy, in the face of opportunism and hypocrisy from both Republicans and Democrats, was the point.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2020

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