How to use "continues" in a sentence

"Look," continues Oliver, "my wife wants to take a boat out

"Dangerous, yes," but she does not say anything else, and Branwell continues.

"You mean," she continues, "that if I tell you his name, you can help me? You can stop this?" she says desperately.

"So what about characters and motive?" he continues.

So he continues to hammer his foot against the wall.

The wind continues to blow and the rain continues to fall

The third wave, which began in the 1990s, continues the work of second-wave feminism

Today, the number of women at work continues to go up

The fight continues and Sergeant Gonzales' sword falls onto the floor