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Recent Examples of unyielding Moving Forward And Upward Assertive financial communication doesn’t mean being loud, dominant or unyielding. Joyce Marter, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 Looming over everything is the unyielding passage of time, from the quickly dwindling daylight to the players’ creaking knees. Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025 The unyielding door was at once a relief and a reprimand. Clare Sestanovich, New Yorker, 13 July 2025 Situated on Westgate Street, across the road from Cardiff Castle, the former FAW headquarters was described by many as stubbornly Victorian, dripping in an unyielding homage to the past. Megan Feringa, New York Times, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for unyielding
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unyielding
Adjective
  • Parrilla’s character is described as the ruthless proprietor of a shadowy electronic brothel whose obsession sets her on a relentless pursuit.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But against relentless pressure from both the Green Bay Packers and Lions, Flacco, on multiple occasions, kept things from getting worse by avoiding sacks and other disastrous plays.
    Zac Jackson, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Some of those have of a combination of both, but MetLife Stadium is hard of playing surface as there is in the league.
    Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
  • When Jason Wald, VP of production, pitched him on Longlegs with a two-minute clip, his instinct was to give the film a hard no.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Demonstrate inclusion and psychological safety by ensuring that returning to the office does not feel like a rigid, one-size-fits-all policy.
    Peter Cappelli, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Hough thought his performance was stiff and rigid, though, and lacked fluidity.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Originally bred in Germany to hunt badgers, these small canines are energetic, bold and stubborn.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Both options meant navigating some stubborn supporters.
    Kevin Coulson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • At the core of the GOP’s shutdown argument is painting a grim picture of any non-citizen receiving any government benefit.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In her usual soft-spoken British accent, she was known for balancing the grim realities of the climate crisis with a sincere message of hope for the future.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Australia and Colombia present stiff competition.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The latter character ushers in a stiff but amusing Mark Cuban cameo.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • To their credit, Wild GM Bill Guerin and owner Craig Leipold were adamant that wasn’t going to happen and got a deal done.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • His family, as well as his legal team, are adamant that Combs has been rehabilitated and should be released.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • After Europe claimed the Cup in Rome in 2023, Team USA is determined to reclaim it on home soil.
    Katie Ann Lehman, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
  • But things start to unravel when Abbie and Leila become determined to break free from the facility.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Unyielding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unyielding. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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