unrelieved

Example Sentences

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The U.K. publication NME called McCartney’s 1971 album “Ram” an “excursion into almost unrelieved tedium.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Michieletto’s “Samson et Dalila” staging was scheduled for New York in 2018 but was scrapped when Met general manager Peter Gelb concluded it was “somewhat unrelieved in its bleakness.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Apart from the performances, which alone make the series worth watching, and the overall authenticity of the production, what to make of these eight hours of nearly unrelieved sadness?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

For three solid, unrelieved weeks, the pileup of cyclonic storms has obscured the Northern California coastlines with dense drifting fogs and white mist thrown off huge waves.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023

The Soundkeeper looked around with an expression of unrelieved sadness on her unhappy face.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster