Sentence examples for was constantly one from inspiring English sources

I pretended I was ok when I was constantly one step off the ledge, cheerful to the point of irritating in the presence of others and deeply sad and reclusive when alone.

Some people might say this is inevitable – and why would I actively choose to work somewhere where it's constantly one step forward, three steps back?

Imagine another situation though where you have prepared diligently, developed a strategy, carefully implementing the tactics, but your opponent, knowing the same things, is constantly one step ahead and beating you with experience.

That means trailer makers are constantly one-upping each other to be the most eye-catching and innovative of the bunch.

And: "This invasion of one's mind by ready-made phrases … can only be prevented if one is constantly on guard against them, and every such phrase anaesthetizes a portion of one's brain".

People are constantly on top of one another, jostling, upset, ecstatic, dazed.

Nonetheless, Winehouse was constantly in one sort of trouble or another.

"She was constantly outspoken," recalled one former colleague, who worked in the same office.

Yet, I felt like she was constantly trying to one-up me.

No one was constantly looking over your shoulder".

One was constantly having to finish conversations in a hurry to seem to listen.