Sentence examples for relentless hold from inspiring English sources

Despite the fact that the Democrats hold majorities on key issues such as healthcare and job creation, the Republicans relentless hold on the filibuster will make all efforts futile.

If its relentless logic holds, it will have a destabilizing effect on the viewer, as if the very structure that holds the building together is being cut away.

The most sympathetic explanation for Napoleon's relentless aggression holds that he was responding to the irreducible antagonism of Britain: French power and glory were the only antidotes to John Bull's arrogance.

But we lack a word to capture the patient, relentless siege-holding of which a cat is capable, and which is captured by Potter in "The Tale of Benjamin Bunny".

That cold, hard stare of hers at romantic relations between men and women was soon to be ours, as one by one we had graduated into a world every bit as sexist as hers had been, and it was only now, in the 1970s, that many of us were able to see McCarthy's relentless need to hold her characters up to ridicule as a line of defense equal to that of Clarissa Dalloway's withdrawal from the marital bed.

Because very few adults hold relentless grudges against their parents for "lying" about Santa Claus.

A familiarly relentless UConn defense held the Crusaders to 7 points in the second half.

Privately, Conservative party managers had accepted that Clacton was lost, but are hoping they can halt Ukip's relentless rise by holding on to Rochester.

They earned the moment with relentless defense that held Kobe Bryant, perhaps the game's premier scorer, to 40percentt shooting in the series.

The Huskies relied on 25 points from forward Maya Moore, 16 points apiece from center Tina Charles and the reserve guard Kelly Faris and a relentless defense that held the Cyclones to 15-for-53 15-for-53 15-for-53ent).

They played relentless defense Saturday night, holding the Mavericks to 42.5 percent field-goal shooting.