[ US /ˌənˈbɛndɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ʌnbˈɛndɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
    an inflexible law
    an unbending will to dominate
    a rigid disciplinarian
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Get Started For Free Linguix pencil

How To Use unbending In A Sentence

  • It didn't work because my fingers kept bending and unbending in his.
  • Because Cassius is yoked to him both in love and their deadly and momentous endeavour, he is a tragic hero too, powerless against the unbending resolve of Brutus to do what philosophy, not opportunity, dictates.
  • He belonged to a family of high rank and unbending pride which would brook no mésalliance, and yet wealth could no longer be considered secure except in plebeian hands. Indiana
  • We treat this as a matter of the utmost importance, since we have a comprehensive, strict and unbending set of standards to miss.
  • AA LB Brandon Spikes was concerned in an eye gouging incident which led HC Herban Meyer to announce which this was a teaching moment for his team, as good as he followed which up with a unbending chastisement for Spikes of a cessation from a Vandy diversion for a 1st half. Archive 2009-11-01
  • But he's clearly a man of principle and unbending honesty - who, at times, can be cruelly insensitive, as when he tells a man he has casually examined that he has a tumour.
  • A highly publicised investigation of Hollywood in 1947 resulted in prison sentences for a group of unbending witnesses, writers and filmmakers who came to be known as the ‘Hollywood Ten’.
  • 14 Hence, when a pawn is stolen the pawnee can sue, even though his debtor be perfectly able to pay the debt; for it is more advantageous to him to rely on the pledge, than to bring a personal action: and this rule is so unbending that even the pawnor who steals a pawn is suable for theft by the pawnee. The Institutes of Justinian
  • The nonequilibrium S motor process takes a motor through a pathway in which the motor detaches from the track and then undergoes an unbending motion.
  • The galloglass were renowned for their valor and steadfastness in battle - and an unbending loyalty to their employers.
View all
This website uses cookies to make Linguix work for you. By using this site, you agree to our cookie policy