How to Use uncompromising in a Sentence
uncompromising
adjective- They were uncompromising in their demands.
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Our standards are still steep, and our vengeance for those that fail to meet them is still swift and uncompromising.
— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2021 -
Both his books and talks are in-your-face, provocative, and uncompromising.
— Christian Stadler, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021 -
But is the hope that uncompromising demands are the best path to the greatest positive change?
— David Marchesephoto Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2020 -
The movie’s uncompromising force is all of a piece with Chen’s best performances.
— Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2020 -
Through uncompromising standards on and off the field. Through trust.
— Eric Hansen, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Apr. 2021 -
Part of coming into her own was learning not to play it safe and to be uncompromising.
— Nikki Delamotte, cleveland.com, 19 Dec. 2017 -
Karzai has had harsh words and uncompromising criticism of U.S. war tactics over the past two decades in Afghanistan.
— Kathy Gannon, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2021 -
Nolan re-conceives the war movie on his own uncompromising terms.
— Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2018 -
In both her life and her art, the 73-year-old rock icon is unapologetic and uncompromising.
— Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 27 Dec. 2019 -
Helmut stood out and resonated to me so much as [his work] was so pure and uncompromising.
— Mark Holgate, Vogue, 15 June 2018 -
Yet as flat as her voice has often been, her words have been forceful and uncompromising.
— New York Times, 21 July 2022 -
The best thing about Any Man is the uncompromising cruelty of its predator.
— Lisa Miller, The Cut, 8 July 2018 -
Hill and Yovanovitch were fierce, smart, and uncompromising in their insistence on facts.
— Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2019 -
But in Hearne’s Belfast that power still prevailed, and Moore’s picture of it is an uncompromising one.
— Alexander McCall Smith, WSJ, 3 June 2022 -
Taylor was known as one of the pioneers of the free jazz movement, and was seen as a groundbreaking and uncompromising artist.
— kansascity, 7 Apr. 2018 -
People are born with the instinct to fight against their own death, to struggle with their last breath against even the most unavoidable and uncompromising ends.
— Rachel Lance, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2020 -
But for an uncompromising farmer on a hillside vineyard, two tons an acre was enough.
— Eric Asimov, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2021 -
Reid’s uncompromising style served him well at home, too.
— James Dehaven, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2021 -
But then, all its hope lies in Anne’s face, as uncompromising as an early crocus.
— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 6 May 2022 -
Here, Karol is ready to move on from heartache, welcoming an uncompromising new era.
— Isabelia Herrera, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2023 -
His message was clear and uncompromising, and addressed to Negroes: Get a gun.
— Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Dec. 2017 -
The uncompromising ex-president, who was deposed in a coup in 2017, left a mixed legacy.
— Jessie Yeung, CNN, 6 Sep. 2019 -
And his exacting roasting system is a bar to beat, pushing both science and art in the name of an uncompromising cup.
— Jeff Csatari, Popular Mechanics, 5 Dec. 2019 -
One of the most uncompromising artists of the 21st century, Anohni Hegarty makes gorgeous music to warn humankind of its demise.
— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 July 2023 -
Is there a perfect world for Shevek, a place to balance his love of freedom with his love of family and his uncompromising pursuit of the unknown?
— Vox Staff, Vox, 21 Dec. 2018 -
And then there was Pei, who was both meticulous and uncompromising.
— Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022 -
This ruthlessness must be met with bold, uncompromising action to save life rather than end it.
— Ryan Cooper, The Week, 12 Oct. 2021 -
Her take on Aloysius is smart and uncompromising but a bit small in crucial moments, leaving the splendid Schreiber — a strapping 6-foot-3, with a tough guy’s brush cut and a thick Bronx honk — to outman her.
— Jesse Green, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024 -
Institutions can be called upon to refrain from indulging their biases, but even the most uncompromising political egalitarian understands that nepotism is a requirement of the heart.
— Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
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