Definition of "continued" []

• Prolonged; unstopped. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of continue. (verb)

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• "We just needed a reality check, since everyone at the label continued to gush over it like they had guns held to their heads."
• "While the pressure at the label continued to mount, I hired Derek Boulton, an Englishman, as my manager."
• "The title continued through Ronald Reagan's governorship into Jerry Brown's first governorship, where at first it was held by Gray Davis."