relentlessly
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of relentlessly
Example Sentences
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It has meant Robinson has been relentlessly testing the defences of Pakistan's batters, while giving them few bad balls to hit.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Firms raise prices, lower prices, seek this way and that to attenuate the competitive forces that drive every business relentlessly toward profitlessness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But Ossoff, who’s running for reelection in a swing state that Trump won twice, is a deliberate and relentlessly on-message communicator—sometimes to the point of looking and sounding a little scripted.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
He says flies have been swarming relentlessly over the past weeks, since the food that was stored in the warehouse began rotting.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
They were too busy figuring out how to counter Gustavus Swift and his fellow meatpacking company owners, who were relentlessly creating divisions in order to prevent the workers from showing a united front.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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