unyielding
unable to bend or be penetrated under pressure; hard: The unyielding metal door resisted the intruder's attempts to force it open.
not apt to give way under pressure; inflexible; firm: Despite her injuries, she maintained an unyielding determination to complete the marathon.
Origin of unyielding
1Other words from unyielding
- un·yield·ing·ly, adverb
- un·yield·ing·ness, noun
Words Nearby unyielding
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How to use unyielding in a sentence
Her questions were smart and, more politically important, her demeanor was unyielding.
Nancy’s unyielding and adoring gaze focused solely on her husband.
On the world stage, Nancy Reagan found the role of a lifetime | Barbara Perry | April 23, 2021 | Washington PostIt was earth like I’d never seen it—furious, vast, unyielding.
Alaska Delivers the Goods in Glacier Bay National Park | Emily Pennington | April 15, 2021 | Outside OnlineThat familiarity, she says, made her feel safe while being so unyielding in her discussion of what she’s been through.
Demi Lovato is confronting her demons in real time | Bethonie Butler | March 25, 2021 | Washington PostSince we met during his freshman term in Congress, Xavier has been an unyielding champion for justice, regardless of the personal or political consequences.
Xavier Becerra confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Brody Levesque | March 18, 2021 | Washington Blade
Spader, so intense and riveting last year as Red, has lost some of that unyielding relentlessness.
The Blacklist’s Frustrating Fall: Keen’s a Keeper, but Red Regresses | Jason Lynch | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBoth insisted Goldwater was scaring away the swing voters Republicans needed with his unyielding conservatism.
[Hoffman] was definitely ferocious and unyielding in that movie.
My Lunch with Marisa Tomei: The Actress on ‘The Realistic Joneses,’ ‘Girls,’ and de Blasio’s NYC | Marlow Stern | April 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat standard and his unyielding hold to keeping up those standards made me want to work harder, but I only realized that after.
My Lunch with Marisa Tomei: The Actress on ‘The Realistic Joneses,’ ‘Girls,’ and de Blasio’s NYC | Marlow Stern | April 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe wore an apple-green housedress and her graying beehive hairdo was unyielding against the blasts of a chugging air conditioner.
He turned his head, fixed his unyielding eyes upon her, said "Yes," and glanced away.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensRight through the centre of this house rose the thick unyielding mast of the vessel.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneA man can face his foes with a spirit undaunted and unyielding, but he can not fly from them without trembling as he looks behind.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottThis was found to be wholly impossible because of the unyielding bigotry and hostility of the Moslem community and the government.
Silver Chimes in Syria | W. S. NelsonBone would prove too unyielding, but cartilage, or gristle, meets the case exactly.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking | Wesley Mills
British Dictionary definitions for unyielding
/ (ʌnˈjiːldɪŋ) /
not compliant, submissive, or flexible: his unyielding attitude
not pliable or soft: a firm and unyielding surface
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