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unwinking

British  
/ ʌnˈwɪŋkɪŋ /

adjective

  1. vigilant; watchful

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Trust me, the hard unwinking angry point of light said.

From Time Magazine Archive

And it had raised a new problem: the propriety of doing all this in front of TV's unwinking eye and the radio mike's sensitive ear.

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

I am a lantern to him, constant, unwinking.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

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