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

Scrutiny of Tuesday’s skies, in their unrelieved dimness, showed few of the bright delights of the season.

From Washington Post • May 2, 2023

Acts of unbroken earnestness, like those of unrelieved wickedness, are dull to watch and boring to talk about.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2022

It was a bleak, harsh view, the sea and the rock unrelieved by any tree or sweep of grass or sand.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling