unsparing

Example Sentences

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Massie could be a waspish commentator and was unsparing in his political commentary.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Ms. Feldman, a longtime writer for Publishers Weekly, tracks the company’s history—roughly 24% of which has unfolded since she began the book in 2002—in meticulous, unsparing detail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Yet if Mr. Carpenter made unsparing depictions of the present and future, he also refused to find any comfort in the past: 1983’s “Christine,” based on the book by Stephen King, skewers 1950s nostalgia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Foster was more unsparing in his estimation of how much work was left to do.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

We could no longer detect the city, the night was so black, so full of water and motion, so unsparing was the drench.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson