All 4 Uses of
relentless
in
Babbitt
- He looked down the relentless stretch of tiled floor at the water-cooler, and assured himself that no tenant of the Reeves Building had a more expensive one, but he could not recapture the feeling of social superiority it had given him.†
Chpt 3 *
- As it came relentlessly back to him he snarled, "I hate myself!†
Chpt 29
- Babbitt was conscious of how feeble he sounded, conscious of Gunch's mature and relentless eye.†
Chpt 29
- It was refined and optimistic; it was overpoweringly calm; it flowed on relentlessly, without one comma, till Babbitt was hypnotized.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(relentless) to continue without stopping in an extreme manner -- often of something that is harsh or oppressive