as in relentless
showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose
he was unflinching in his determination to see that justice was done
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Recent Examples of unflinching
This is an unflinching look behind the facade of a fighter, and a role that sees Dwayne Johnson reinvent himself as the ROCKY of a new generation.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
The genre-bending rapper, who has long been revered for blending vulnerability and raw emotion into his music, is now offering an unflinching account of the mental health battles and drug addiction that nearly cost him his life—even at the height of his fame.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Through a lyricism that is at once tender and unflinching, Graves conjures Paul Downing, a Black Cherokee trans man un/lost to the violent annals of history, staging a transtemporal communion that defies the linearity of time.
—Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 29 July 2025
There’s grit but also lugubriousness in Christy, an inspirational sports movie that morphs in somewhat ungainly style into an unflinching depiction of domestic violence.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
The genre-bending rapper, who has long been revered for blending vulnerability and raw emotion into his music, is now offering an unflinching account of the mental health battles and drug addiction that nearly cost him his life—even at the height of his fame.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Through a lyricism that is at once tender and unflinching, Graves conjures Paul Downing, a Black Cherokee trans man un/lost to the violent annals of history, staging a transtemporal communion that defies the linearity of time.
—Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 29 July 2025
There’s grit but also lugubriousness in Christy, an inspirational sports movie that morphs in somewhat ungainly style into an unflinching depiction of domestic violence.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for unflinching
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unflinching
Adjective
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In this state, space expands at a relentless, exponential pace, doubling in size in all three dimensions in just a tiny fraction of a second, and then doubling again and again and again with each subsequent fraction of a second that elapses.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
16 Sep. 2025
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Wedding Dashers features a maid of honor and best man forced to hurdle relentless transportation nightmares together to make it from London to Belfast in time for their dearests’ nuptials.—
Jamie Harrow,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But in recent years, acts of brazen violence have been the grim drumbeat of a debased national politics.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Despite that progress, pancreatic cancer holds the grim record for having a survival rate of only 13% across five years – the lowest of all.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Saúl is a fixture at his father's bouts and already seems determined to follow in his father’s footsteps.—
Nasha Smith,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
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Her flippers, each more than two feet long, scooped out sand and flung it to her sides in slow, determined strokes.—
M. Rajshekhar,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Very persistent stream of bubbles; aromas of golden apples, lemon peel and yellow poppy.—
Tom Hyland,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Unequal wage growth adds to persistent wage gaps Certain demographic groups saw their incomes rise faster than others between 2023 and 2024.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Unflinching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unflinching. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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