unbending
adjective
Origin of unbending
unbend
verb (used with object), un·bent or (Archaic) un·bend·ed, un·bend·ing.
verb (used without object), un·bent or (Archaic) un·bend·ed, un·bend·ing.
Origin of unbend
Related Words for unbending
firm, obstinate, reserved, crisp, aloof, distant, formal, hard-line, incompliant, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, obdurate, relentless, resolute, severe, single-minded, stiff, strictExamples from the Web for unbending
Contemporary Examples of unbending
Koop, a man of the far right, was standing tall and unbending.
C. Everett Koop: Pioneering Surgeon General Spurred Reagan Response to AIDSKent Sepkowitz
February 26, 2013
Ayalon himself told me in in October 2010 that zero-enrichment is an unbending Israeli red line.
Now those positions are coming back to haunt him as Republican activists demand a candidate of unbending right-wing convictions.
Washington, unbending in his role as the noblest republican of them all, administered a severe blow to imperial pride.
Historical Examples of unbending
Her struggles met only the unbending, pitiless resistance of steel.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
Old Dibs smiled a sickly smile, like he was unbending to a pair of kids.
Wild Justice: Stories of the South SeasLloyd Osbourne
The former should be strict, authoritative, unbending; the latter should be mild and gentle.
The TeacherJacob Abbott
He had been brought up in the most unbending school of Toryism.
The Ontario High School ReaderA.E. Marty
The trees seemed rigid and unbending in the wind that caressed his face.
DivinityWilliam Morrison