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- They might have been calling each other across that breadth of water, seeking for each other as the darkness relentlessly fell.†
p. 168.5relentlessly = in an extreme manner that does not stop
- He was frightened and in pain and the boy who held him so relentlessly was suddenly a stranger; and yet this stranger worked in Eric an eternal, a healing transformation.†
p. 206.5
- And at such moments Belle watched him, too, sympathy struggling to overcome the relentless vacuity in her face.†
p. 306.4 *relentless = to continue without stopping in an extreme manner
- And Ida, relentlessly, put Cass' unspoken question into words.†
p. 348.9relentlessly = in an extreme manner that does not stop
- And the answer drummed at him as relentlessly as the falling rain fell: he had not known because he had not dared to know.†
p. 393.6
- The businessman who had spoken to Yves about the waters of Lake Michigan, and the days when he had hiked and fished there, relentlessly put all of this behind him, and solemnly and cruelly tightened the knot in his tie.†
p. 433.9
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)