Example Sentences

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The melon’s bitterness, the plant’s resilience, mix with the sun’s relentlessness.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

He was clearly frustrated by the Blue Jays’ relentlessness at the plate and his inability to put them away with two strikes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

Taylor ferrets out the secret with her bloodthirsty relentlessness and immediately raises pandemonium.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

What followed was a battle to score runs because of the surface and collective relentlessness of India's bowling.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025

On one occasion, after watching the Washington freshmen practice, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Royal Brougham marveled at the relentlessness of the sport: “Nobody ever took time out in a boat race,” he noted.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown