continent

[ˈkɑːntɪnənt]

Definition:
1. One of the large landmasses of the earth.
2. Having control over urination and defecation.
3. Abstaining from sexual intercourse.

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Use 'continent' in a sentence:

1. The World Cup is called that because teams from every continent have played in it.
2. The Five Continents are rocking, wind and thunder roaring.
3. It is not possible to determine whether both continents are moving in opposite directions or whether one continent is stationary and the other is drifting away from it.
4. She loved the African continent.
5. He's gone for a holiday on the continent& italy, I think.
6. Oceans serve as the main arteries of transportation between continents.
7. An island country, a whole continent, Australia has a remarkably cohesive personality.
8. They are subject to climatic occurrences such as weather systems, which impact upon hemispheres as a whole, and from continent to continent.
9. It is a misconception to assume that the two continents are similar.
10. He traversed alone the whole continent of Africa from east to west.
11. Indeed, Australia has been drying out for over a million years, and the megatauna were faced with a continent where vegetation began to disappear.
12. In Europe, more than 140,000 students participate in the Erasmus program each year, taking courses for credit in one of 2,200 participating institutions across the continent.
13. Geographically, the UK is on the periphery of Europe, while Paris is at the heart of the continent.
14. In boneyards across the continent, scientists have found the fossils of a giant snake, a huge flightless bird, and a seven-foot kangaroo.
15. If an ocean floor tectonic plate meets the edge of a continent and they push against each other, the heavier one sinks down and goes under the other one.
16. The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
17. Not a single pebble was found that might have indicated that the pebbles came from the nearby continent.
18. There are two long rivers within the continent.
19. As it expands its services around the continent, the competition it offers should force the other airlines to raise their game.
20. Shackleton wanted to force a passage by dog sled across the continent.
21. Then there is Antarctic's remoteness, with some mineral deposits found in windswept locations on a continent that is larger the Europe and where winter temperatures hover around minus 55 degrees Celsius.
22. The conversation ranged over the desirability of such restaurants, the shortcomings of men, and why it had only taken 15 minutes to cross a continent.
23. The title track is a pointed meditation on a continent gone wrong.
24. More and more of this plate, the ocean floor, would go down under the continent into the mantle.
25. Chinese settlers helped tame the American continent during the 19th century.
26. An island country, a whole continent, Australia has markably cohesive personality.
27. You could back off to see the state, the country, the continent, even the globe itself.
28. Now even the project's greatest cheerleaders talk of a continent facing a "Bermuda triangle" of debt, population decline and lower growth.
29. Being stationed in Antarctica involves adapting to life on the planet's driest, windiest and coldest continent.
30. Being stationed in Antarctica involves adapting to life on the planet's driest, windiest and coldest continent, yet each nation manages to make itself at home.
31. Located on the Mediterranean just two hours south of Barcelona, the Ebro Delta produces 120 million kilograms of rice a year, making it one of the continent's most important rice-growing areas.
32. Robert Anderson to duplicate his Mexican success in the sub-continent.
33. The entire continent and the majority of species are now affected: between 30% and 50% of the tree population.
34. He made some inquiries and discovered she had gone to the Continent.
35. What happened to Australia's megafauna, the giant animals that once existed across this enormous continent?
36. Food and aid poured in from most developed countries into the continent, but thanks to the absence of efficient distribution system, the hungry remained empty-stomach.
37. Its shops are among the most stylish on the Continent.
38. The American continent's geography severely limited the lines of attack.
39. The average British school-boy is said to be more intelligent than the majority of his like on the continent.
40. The seas are rising and the continents are rocking.
41. The ocean floor would kind of slide under the edge of the continent.
42. Nigeria is the most populous African country and an economic powerhouse for the continent.
43. Ecuador provides a perfect introduction to South America; it's a continent in miniature.
44. The cane toad itself became a pest and has destroyed much of the wildlife on that continent.
45. Natural disasters have obviously contributed to the continent's economic crisis.
46. It is geographically more diverse than any other continent.
47. We're going to spend a weekend on the Continent.
48. The bank's scope is worldwide, in forty three countries on all the five continents.
49. Even though the northern part of the continent allowed for a more varied economy, several early human groups quickly moved south.
50. Because of this, Borlaug's initial projects were restricted to developed regions of the continent.
51. The news set off a continent-wide health scare.
52. Dinosaurs evolved when most continents were joined in a single land mass.
53. Ancient historians wrote of a lost continent beneath the ocean.
54. We import an incredible amount of cheese from the Continent.
55. The Antarctica is a continent centred roughly on the South Pole.