Wondering how to use Unforgiving in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as revengeful or unrelenting.
Unforgiving in a sentence
Unforgiving meaning
- Unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy.
- Having no allowance for weakness.
Synonyms of Unforgiving
Using Unforgiving
- The main meaning on this page is: Unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy. | Having no allowance for weakness.
- Useful related words include: revengeful, unrelenting, unappeasable, stern.
- In the example corpus, unforgiving often appears in combinations such as: and unforgiving, an unforgiving, the unforgiving.
Context around Unforgiving
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 11 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Unforgiving
- In this selection, "unforgiving" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tough, damp, rolling, takedown, conference and sport stand out and add context to how "unforgiving" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and rolling unforgiving hills of and being so unforgiving it is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "unforgiving" sits close to words such as abrasive, adjournment and adm, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with unforgiving
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sloppy language is so unforgiving. (5 words)
Curtis Stock captures the cruel reality of an unforgiving sport. (10 words)
The days were long, hot and unforgiving, but I felt free. (11 words)
WWE did resist the temptation of having Logan Paul win, but the YouTube sensation continues to leave an impression in every match he’s in. Paul delivered a top-rope frog splash onto an unforgiving ladder propped up between the ring and the barricade. (44 words)
This is also the first book that truly explains Jake’s past life in NYC as a skilled financial manager for a bunch of guys of Sicilian heritage — unforgiving guys who are still looking for Jake and their missing money. (40 words)
Egyam Children’s Home, under the guiding light of Daniel Payne, became a sanctuary of hope, a nurturing cocoon for countless souls who would otherwise have been left to navigate the harsh and unforgiving streets of Ahanta. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Also ending with its fourth season, will live on as a masterpiece of the new millennium, a brilliant and unforgiving takedown of the 1%.
Among the victories have come the kind of disappointments inevitable in BMX racing, which ranks as the most cut-throat and unforgiving of cycling’s disciplines.
Bengali and Tamil cinema has been unforgiving in that context; especially the Bengali cinema portrayal of the Communist insurgency of the 1970s.
But the SEC is a grueling and unforgiving conference that takes pity on no one, even the champs.
Curtis Stock captures the cruel reality of an unforgiving sport.
Despite being an enemy that players encounter early on, these bosses are often tough, unforgiving, and can easily kill a player who is unprepared or careless.
Egyam Children’s Home, under the guiding light of Daniel Payne, became a sanctuary of hope, a nurturing cocoon for countless souls who would otherwise have been left to navigate the harsh and unforgiving streets of Ahanta.
He should be dancing a jig, were it not for the fact that pretty much anywhere that he does ultimately get a job is likely to present him with the same humorless, censorious, and unforgiving Leftist environment.
Perhaps there is some chance of accord emerging from the cold, damp, unforgiving place that is a Rishi Sunak-Nicola Sturgeon pow-pow.
She spited the weather and rolling, unforgiving hills of Black Bear to end her first day on the course with a tie for 29th and 87 strokes.
Sloppy language is so unforgiving.
The days were long, hot and unforgiving, but I felt free.
The trend is further accelerated by Wisconsin’s unforgiving winter weather, which cuts the outdoor dining season unbearably short; the warm, cozy domes provide a solution.
The worlds of FromSoftware are unforgiving and full of opportunities to meet a swift end.
This desert is in some ways very harsh and unforgiving, but the adaptations that plants and other animals have developed to survive this place are very specific.
This is also the first book that truly explains Jake’s past life in NYC as a skilled financial manager for a bunch of guys of Sicilian heritage — unforgiving guys who are still looking for Jake and their missing money.
With combat being so unforgiving, it is pivotal to scan the surroundings before proceeding ahead.
WWE did resist the temptation of having Logan Paul win, but the YouTube sensation continues to leave an impression in every match he’s in. Paul delivered a top-rope frog splash onto an unforgiving ladder propped up between the ring and the barricade.
Young men found themselves thrust into the heart of the war, a relentless battleground where the scorching summer sun bore down on them, and the rumble of distant artillery echoed through the unforgiving landscape.
After all, in the theatre of politics, the spotlight can be unforgiving, especially when it illuminates the dark corners of one's own hypocrisy.
Common combinations with unforgiving
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and unforgiving 20×
- an unforgiving 14×
- the unforgiving 10×
- unforgiving and 5×
- unforgiving of 4×
- unforgiving place 3×
- unforgiving landscape 3×
- unforgiving as 3×
- unforgiving in 2×
- so unforgiving 2×