has been unbending
- present perfect progressive of unbend (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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He did not visit the dozens of parishes he ordered merged in New York to offer support to the heartbroken parishioners, and he has been unbending in the face of appeals to the Vatican.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2017
Widodo has been unbending in his hard line on traffickers and his refusal to grant foreigners on death row clemency has strained relations with several countries, particularly neighbor Australia.
From Reuters ● Apr. 27, 2015
Thomaz has been unbending in his allegiance to Salazar's conviction that "the provinces" are an integral part of "Metropolitan Portugal."
From Time Magazine Archive
