How to Use unflinching in a Sentence

unflinching

adjective
  • With no phones in hand, all anyone could do was eye each other with an unflinching up-down.
    — Raisa Bruner, Time, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The writing across all of these works is vivid, acerbic, unflinching.
    — Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Her sense of humor is intact as is her wry, unflinching approach to life.
    — Lori Riley, courant.com, 17 Oct. 2020
  • The aim was to present an image of unflinching force, almost staring down the lens.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • None has been as unflinching as King of Ashes.
    — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
  • How could a team in black and white be this unflinching, so bloody-minded and determined?
    — Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
  • And the crimes involved an unflinching killer bent on finishing the job.
    — Rick Montgomery, kansascity, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Mack also has an unflinching belief that this is all about his players and doing right by them.
    — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • That's what made their unflinching response to Manchin so striking.
    — John Harwood, CNN, 7 Nov. 2021
  • The film is violent and unflinching at times but there’s also a level of hope there as well.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2020
  • The project is an unflinching dose of electronic music made for big speakers and sweaty mosh pits.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2023
  • An unflinching portrait of the artist, or one version of her, as a middle-aged woman.
    — Time, 30 Nov. 2022
  • And don’t take it away — try to keep it there as long as possible, to be as unflinching as possible.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Each unflinching gaze vies for attention, dragging you across the room for a closer look.
    — Jane Wooldridge, miamiherald, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Her eyes are wide and unflinching, her pupils constricted, the panic behind them clear.
    — CNN, 9 May 2017
  • Portis, unflinching, keeps his eyes trained on the dominoes scattered across the kitchen island.
    — Brian Burnsed, SI.com, 28 June 2017
  • And in short stories and doorstops, her attention is ruthless and unflinching.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Bari Weiss has made a name for herself as an unflinching critic of mainstream news outlets.
    — Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But through its specific brand of unflinching and grim satire, this film instead has a more timeless target in its crosshairs.
    — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 10 June 2017
  • The kid has it — the cool swagger, a unique vocal registry, the attitude, and his unflinching lyrics.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Obstinate and unflinching, the song seems to hover in place, like a painful memory.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • The book provides an unflinching account of the lives and deaths of troops fighting on the front lines — the same front lines where politicians put them.
    — Vox Staff, Vox, 21 Dec. 2018
  • One factor that made Monstress one of the best comics of the decade was its unflinching look at the consequences of war.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The book is treated as confession, a howl of pain, its ‘anguish’ and ‘unflinching honesty’ much praised.
    — Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
  • But most of the show shares Goya’s grim realism, with unflinching evocations of war, death, and pain.
    — The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Those words transformed the song into something honest and unflinching.
    — Jordan Greene, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Above, a grayness looms in the sky, poised to descend with unflinching finality.
    — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Clad in a liquid-black rain slicker and creamy white scarf, the founder of an iconic Paris bookstore has a sharp, unflinching gaze.
    — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2024
  • This is the time to look stunned at the frailty of life and the unflinching grab of death, even when the subjects are so young and strong and blessed and, well, unlikely.
    — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2020
  • In the process, the project has become increasingly unflinching.
    — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2022

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