unshakable
adjective
un·shak·able
ˌən-ˈshā-kə-bəl 
: not possible to weaken or get rid of : not able to be shaken
an unshakable habit
unshakable determination/opposition
unshakably
adverb
Switzerland is as unshakably opposed to sanctions as ever: neutrality, the Swiss claim, requires it.
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Examples of unshakable in a Sentence
we need the kind of leader who will be unshakable in a national crisis
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Burns, the administration’s de facto Putin whisperer, had heard it all before and understood that the Russian leader’s paranoid obsession with Ukraine was real and unshakable.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2025
Season two builds upon the unexpected tenderness of their meet-cute, threading their unshakable bond into the series’ larger mysteries.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 15 Jan. 2025
Think of James Bond’s unshakable resolve, John Wayne’s grit, or the early superheroes, defined by their power more than their humanity.
—Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Animal-language studies acquired an unshakable odor of malfeasance and scientific malpractice.
—Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2025
Season two builds upon the unexpected tenderness of their meet-cute, threading their unshakable bond into the series’ larger mysteries.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 15 Jan. 2025
Think of James Bond’s unshakable resolve, John Wayne’s grit, or the early superheroes, defined by their power more than their humanity.
—Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Animal-language studies acquired an unshakable odor of malfeasance and scientific malpractice.
—Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Unshakable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unshakable. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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