as in grim
showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose
the team's offense was relentless in trying to score a touchdown
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Recent Examples of relentless
With relentless howling wind making up much of the soundtrack, The Turin Horse was a chilling, enigmatic stunner that played like a metaphor for the apocalypse.
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Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
Reports of hunger are relentless in areas farther from the city.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
Speaking on The Prof G Markets Pod, Lee argued that the market’s resilience in the face of relentless shocks is a signal of underlying strength.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
The progress has been relentless.
—Greg Cote
january 5, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
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Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
Reports of hunger are relentless in areas farther from the city.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
Speaking on The Prof G Markets Pod, Lee argued that the market’s resilience in the face of relentless shocks is a signal of underlying strength.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
The progress has been relentless.
—Greg Cote
january 5, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for relentless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relentless
Adjective
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The episode delivers a surprising twist involving Thalia that deviates from Rick Riordan’s original mythology and sets up a grim reality for Percy as a looming war against Kronos approaches in Season 3.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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That grim figure is not speculation.—
Kevin Bardosh,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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She was pronounced dead at the scene, and her cause of death was later determined to be blunt force trauma to the head, the Athens-Clarke County Coroner’s Office and Morgue confirmed to PEOPLE.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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Two years later, Poppy is determined to get them back on track.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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After all, a number of hurdles, from persistent inflation to market volatility and uncertainty around long-term purchasing power, have been impacting people's retirement portfolios.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Yet there is a persistent ideology that women shouldn’t get paid for their work, Milton said.—
Alison Saldanha,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Jan. 2026
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For too long immigrants, trans folks, students, and working class people of color have been forced to stand alone, bravely battling these unrelenting attacks, without adequate protection from the city or state.—
Natalia Aristizabal,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Why, then, the unrelenting economic gloom?—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Grant me ruthless access to the psychological image, discomfortable mercy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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His new persona as a fighting moderate, a Democrat in tune with the country’s shifting desires and ruthless toward the man at the top, deftly speaks to the needs of a party desperate to regain the White House.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Relentless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relentless. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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