How to Use relentless in a Sentence

relentless

adjective
  • The hunter was relentless in pursuit of his prey.
  • Her relentless optimism held the team together.
  • But the relentless growth of index funds has come at a cost.
    Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
  • And the darkest part of the dark, the maddest part of the madness is the relentless gambling involved.
    Truman Capote, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The Donetsk region of Ukraine includes the city of Bakhmut, which has seen some of the fiercest and most relentless fighting of the war.
    Mariya Knight, CNN, 15 May 2023
  • Climate and the fight of our lives The extreme weather this year has been relentless.
    Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Even when everyone in the gym knew where the ball was going, Cleary timed his kills well and was relentless at the net.
    Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
  • In their relentless work, creators, whether in the arts or business, don’t stop.
    Amity Shlaes, National Review, 8 Dec. 2023
  • There’s a relentless gender pessimism in the air, too — on the street, on dating apps, in the Supreme Court and, of course, in rap music.
    Niela Orr, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Reservoirs around the state filled last year because of the relentless rain and in many places are still above average for this time of year.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • In the era of relentless innovation, Triller is leading the way.
    Jon Stojan, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2023
  • By the time of my third and final session, the track traffic has thinned out and, finally, the winter sun has chased off the relentless rain.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Since then, the clamor from actors has been relentless.
    John Koblin, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Under the relentless sun in Africa, the birthplace of humanity, every living thing had to find a way to beat the heat.
    WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
  • This is what top-flight bridge has become: a relentless pursuit of the illusion of success at any cost.
    Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Yet the socialist story in the United States, as is true of most movements, is no longer one of relentless ascent.
    Ross Barkan, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Lina’s father and the refugee community have been relentless in their search as well.
    Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Except for a sluggish spot in the second act, the nearly three-hour show has a relentless energy.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
  • The plan: Put a minimal number of American boots on the ground, and have the troops pound the enemy with relentless artillery fire.
    Dave Philipps Matthew Callahan, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The Kremlin, meanwhile, pursued its relentless bombardment of Kyiv with a third assault on the city in 24 hours.
    Susie Blann and Joanna Kozlowska, Anchorage Daily News, 30 May 2023
  • Sullivan is more of an inside player, the relentless wonk at Biden’s side.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • There’s a kind of relentless degradation that comes with Parkinson’s.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 11 May 2023
  • Its games are easy to armchair-quarterback, and its twists relentless.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Burrow does a good job making decisions before the snap and gets the ball out quick, but Donald is relentless, Jones said.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Over the course of the first two seasons, though, the show starts to train its gaze on Lance’s relentless, unflappable positivity.
    Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 9 June 2023
  • Even familiar things, like Spanish melons, seemed transformed on Mona, swollen by the relentless sweetness of the sun.
    Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Not long after the show begins, Charley has to launch into one of its fastest, most relentless songs — certainly its most enraged.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The scenes marked a sharp contrast from the previous five days, which saw a relentless series of strikes and responses between the IDF and militants.
    Ben Wedeman, CNN, 14 May 2023
  • Despite the abundance of Black talent on the network, Aspen is still the subject of relentless attacks online.
    Taylor Crumpton, Essence, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The relentless acts of retaliation could be explained away by the twin tragedies at the centre of the story: the rape and murder of a teenage girl, the suicide of a terminally ill cop.
    Hazlitt, 17 May 2023

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