Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his grades.
The significant cash flow of the enlarged entity following a combination would allow for rapid debt paydown and the continued funding of growth initiatives.
94): "...she resumed her former occupation, and continued to soliloquize and apostrophize her absent handmaidens, without even appearing sensible of his presence. St.Ronan's Well, by Sir Walter Scott.
Used in the Ending of Sentence
The pump prices soared into new heights as the strike continued.
Meaning of continued for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "continued" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.