How to Use unforgiving in a Sentence

unforgiving

adjective
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  • They are unforgiving of the smallest mistake.
  • The fairway is uphill and unforgiving, with a bunker to the left and trees to the right.
    — Chris Chase, For The Win, 5 Apr. 2018
  • The Dodgers scorched their way to the World Series with an unforgiving bullpen.
    — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Bass also knows his job is the most unforgiving in the sport.
    — Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
  • For those of you whose hearts are unforgiving, sit down and shut up.
    — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2018
  • The dry, dusty surface of Mars is a cold and unforgiving place.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Set to the same art style from that era, Cuphead is a run-and-gun game that’s unforgiving.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 26 Dec. 2018
  • The strange thing is that, as the film unfolds, the beauty of the place grows ever more unforgiving.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The moral law is as blind and unforgiving as any law of nature.
    — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The 30-year-old left-hander knows how unforgiving the Reds’ park is.
    — Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 Aug. 2017
  • The terrain in this part of the park was steep and unforgiving, the ground knotted with tree roots and studded with rocks.
    — Washington Post, 30 June 2022
  • The Moc Toe boot is a great counter to those unforgiving surfaces with its wedge style sole.
    — Tony Carrick, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The sun [in Utah] was unforgiving, like a Mormon rapist.
    — Laura Kipnis, The Atlantic, 16 May 2017
  • In the unforgiving light of the dressing room, the weight of deciding among 15 pieces of black clothing crashed down on me.
    — Veronica Walsingham, Vox, 23 July 2019
  • The dress is made from silk sateen, this fabric that’s very unforgiving.
    — Todd Plummer, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The Monday rainout and the unforgiving weather had much to do with that.
    — Filip Bondy, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2016
  • And the ride is so unforgiving that even the softest mode is the very definition of head toss.
    — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The consumer landscape is more unforgiving in a lot of ways.
    — Frederick Daso, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Friedman, on the stand, at first came across as unforgiving.
    — Brett Clarkson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 27 Apr. 2017
  • The 100-meter hurdles event is the most unforgiving race in women's track and field.
    — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 26 May 2022
  • The deep ocean is one of the world’s most unforgiving environments with much of it still a mystery.
    — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 24 June 2023
  • The weather was cold and unforgiving my first day on the Kenai River flats.
    — Author: Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2018
  • For a 17-year-old far from home, baseball was now a full-time job in an unforgiving business, and there would be tough times ahead.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 4 June 2018
  • That was there to set the stakes of how brutal and dangerous it’s going to be for these girls, how unforgiving.
    — Siobhan Burke, New York Times, 22 May 2018
  • Humble swim coach Christopher Frey called the 50-yard freestyle race the most unforgiving of any stroke or distance.
    — Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The conscious decision is one that’s helped keep Blanchett sane in the face of the intense and unforgiving pressures.
    — Lynsey Eidell, Vanities, 23 Mar. 2017
  • And Resident Evil fans are the most unforgiving of all.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 July 2022
  • The schedule is unforgiving but should make the Red Devils better as the season goes on.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2017
  • The border region's unforgiving terrain—including deserts, mountains, and remote wilderness can be treacherous in the winter, amplifying the danger posed to migrants.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Gibbs said the opportunity to be part of the brigade and undergo training empowers community members who have suffered loss in previous unforgiving fires.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024

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