unwinking
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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If keeping up the pretense of unwinking entertainment causes the pace to drag at times, at least this movie never fails to follow through on its scandalous promise.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2021
Finally over the dinghy's side appeared the head of a monster�a supercilious face, two unwinking, baleful eyes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some telecommercials are as outdated as the nickelodeon's between reel slides: static, leering mink-coat models or unwinking concentration on a bar of soap.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a stroke "she lay speechless and staring at the ceiling for days; sometimes making inarticulate sounds . . . giving no reply either by sign or by gesture, or in her unwinking eyes."
From Time Magazine Archive
But the buyer’s eyes had become as steady and cruel and unwinking as a hawk’s eyes, while the rest of his face smiled in greeting.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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