All 4 Uses
relentless
in
Ceremony, by Silko
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- There was a chill in the wind during the last days the sun occupied a summer place in the sky—and something relentless in the way the wind drove the sand and dust ahead of it.†
Chpt All *relentless = to continue without stopping in an extreme manner
- They had worn a path into the ground along the south boundary fence, walking relentlessly back and forth from east to west, as if waiting for some chance to escape, for some big pine to blow down in the wind and tear open a gate to the south.†
Chpt Allrelentlessly = in an extreme manner that does not stop
- Relentless motion was the lion's greatest beauty, moving like mountain clouds with the wind, changing substance and color in rhythm with the contours of the mountain peaks: dark as lava rock, and suddenly as bright as a field of snow.†
Chpt Allrelentless = to continue without stopping in an extreme manner
- Tonight the old priests would be praying for the force to continue the relentless motion of the stars.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(relentless) to continue without stopping in an extreme manner -- often of something that is harsh or oppressive
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)