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
Comedians were relentless about it for months.
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Calvin Woodward, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
His plays gleefully plumb the wickedest aspects of the human psyche, delivering tales of relentless conquest, Jewish perfidy, deals with the devil, and gay love.
—Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
But the relentless advance of automation, including rapid progress in robotics and 3-D printing, means that for the poorest countries, many of them in Africa, such manufacturing may no longer be a viable way of providing employment to huge numbers of people.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Experts say our relentless moves are driven in part by the fact that this nation of immigrants is less tied to a specific community than are people elsewhere.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for relentless
Calvin Woodward, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
His plays gleefully plumb the wickedest aspects of the human psyche, delivering tales of relentless conquest, Jewish perfidy, deals with the devil, and gay love.
—Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
But the relentless advance of automation, including rapid progress in robotics and 3-D printing, means that for the poorest countries, many of them in Africa, such manufacturing may no longer be a viable way of providing employment to huge numbers of people.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Experts say our relentless moves are driven in part by the fact that this nation of immigrants is less tied to a specific community than are people elsewhere.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for relentless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relentless
Adjective
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That’s a grim prospect—but then, in Venezuela, yesterday’s grimmest prospects become tomorrow’s headlines with dreadful regularity.—
Quico Toro,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Controversy follows Cheney While Cheney's disposition was never particularly sunny, critics assailed the vice president as a relentlessly grim figure.—
Don Gonyea,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Now, Alesta is determined to destroy the beast that took her friend from her by traveling to Hell.—
Brittany Johnson,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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Hezbollah remains determined to maintain control over Lebanon and suppress other communities.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Besides the fragility of household budgets, these persistent financial pressures reveal the critical role that financial knowledge plays in helping individuals adapt, plan, and protect themselves against volatility.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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LogoPowered byScale logo At least 114 people have died and 127 remain missing in central Philippines after a typhoon caused destruction and widespread flooding, which local officials suggest could have been prevented if not for persistent graft in flood-control projects.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Over the past two years, his parents led an unrelenting campaign to bring their son home.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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More consistently than any other character, Ray embodies the unrelenting pessimism of noir — your daddy’s a good man, Francis, but evil triumphs, even when good men do something.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The ruthless conglomerate's logo, base, ships, and equipment are featured throughout the film, in addition to the synths themselves.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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Earlier stories in that newspaper described López Torres as a ruthless trafficker who has killed dozens and was earlier aligned with Colombia’s right-wing paramilitary forces, known as the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, or the Spanish acronym AUC.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Relentless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relentless. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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