relentless
adjective
not easing or slackening; maintaining speed, vigor, etc..
relentlessness
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a word derived from
relentless.
Example Sentences
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While New Zealand were gifted the wicket of Duckett via Gay's poor call and Smith's direct hit, the rest came through the relentlessness of the tourists' four seamers.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Brunson’s not brash or noisy in the way the city is—he’s quite the opposite, humble and quiet—but there’s a relentlessness to him, almost a fever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
The melon’s bitterness, the plant’s resilience, mix with the sun’s relentlessness.
From Salon ● May 9, 2026
That relentlessness made Hersh both essential and exasperating to the institutions that published him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 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
