All 5 Uses of
relentless
in
Gone with the Wind
- Mammy felt that she owned the O'Haras, body and soul, that their secrets were her secrets; and even a hint of a mystery was enough to set her upon the trail as relentlessly as a bloodhound.†
Chpt 1.2
- On came the blue lines, relentlessly, like a monster serpent, coiling, striking venomously, drawing its injured lengths back, but always striking again.†
Chpt 3.17 *
- There were things in the fog reaching out fingers to pluck at her skirt, to drag her down into the uneasy quaking earth on which she stood, silent, relentless, spectral hands.†
Chpt 3.28
- But close on this happy thought came relentless knowledge.†
Chpt 4.32
- She undersold him so relentlessly and delivered, with secret groans, such an excellent quality of lumber to prove her probity that he was soon bankrupt.†
Chpt 4.38
Definition:
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(relentless) to continue without stopping in an extreme manner -- often of something that is harsh or oppressive