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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Job prospects for 2026 are looking grim in many ways.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Tempted but reluctant to fork out the money, Hana runs some tests on the drug, and finds — in what one hopes is just a grim horror-film twist — that its composition comes down pretty much entirely to human ashes.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
28 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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One of the most persistent misconceptions Kapur wants to dismantle is the fear that AI will do our thinking for us.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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But the reaction is just as vast, and even more persistent, Angela was proud to tell me about Moon Palace’s place as a node in a larger community network.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 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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For the first time, the defense attorney becomes the defendant, forced to fight for his own freedom while facing off against ruthless prosecutor Dana Berg (Constance Zimmer).—
Veronica Villafañe,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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And, as part of the deal, city planners aim to update development protocols to meet the challenges of a more ruthless wildfire regime.—
Mark Dee
January 27,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Relentless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relentless. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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