Literary notes about interminable (AI summary)
Writers employ "interminable" to evoke a sense of endlessness—be it an unyielding span of time, a ceaseless journey, or an overwhelming emotional or physical experience. Authors use it to describe the drawn-out torment of time, as in prolonged suffering or wait ([1], [2], [3], [4]), while also painting vast, unbroken landscapes that contribute to the atmosphere of isolation or persistence ([5], [6]). The term not only accentuates the monotonous or relentless nature of events, such as endless debates or ceaseless soundscapes ([7], [8], [9]), but also imbues settings with a timeless quality that reflects the characters’ inner states ([10], [11]). In this way, "interminable" serves as a powerful literary tool to deepen the reader's immersion in both the narrative’s mood and its expansive, often oppressive, environments.
- I cannot express what I suffered in those interminable hours that divide morning from night, right from morning.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - He waited, as it seemed, an interminable time.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells - For myself, I began to believe that it was simply interminable, and would go on in the same manner for months.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne - No time remained for the interminable "revelations" that occupy the days of teachers without self- realization.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - The world is vast, and England, though her many fields and wide spread woods seem interminable, is but a small part of her.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - The forest seemed interminable; nowhere did he discover a break in it, not even a woodman's road.
— from An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce - Over this question there were interminable disputes.
— from The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore - I object only to the interminable comments and bewildering criticisms that teach but one thing: there are as many opinions as there are men.
— from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller - The splitting crashes swept along the lines until an interminable roar was developed.
— from The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane - The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway.
— from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad - It is the species alone that has an interminable existence: hence it is capable of endless desire, endless gratification, and endless pain.
— from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer
