Definition of "sempre" []

• Music In the same manner throughout. Used chiefly as a direction. (adverb)

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• "In just about every instance, at the end of their well-meaning recitations, these kind direction-givers have used the phrase sempre dirittoalways straight."
• "And so I wrote my own inaugural address and I had these kind of sempre Sousa marches I would play to rev myself up, and then I'd -- would go off and I would give this talk."
• "No final da tarde percebe-se que esse stock acabou pois eram as páginas amarelas que fluíam nessa altura … aquele ventinho sempre a ajudar e a depositar os protestos em plena embaixada dos EUA, nas árvores, no seu jardim e envolventes."