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Synonyms for unflinching


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-flin-ching
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈflɪn tʃɪŋ

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Définition of unflinching

Origin :
  • 1728, from un- (1) "not" + gerundive of flinch (v.). Related: Unflinchingly.
  • adj resolute
  • adj determined
Example sentences :
  • Now I must be a man, and walk erect, unflinching, to the sacrifice.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Kirkwood turned to meet her onslaught with a mien grave, determined, unflinching.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Almamen gazed at these dread preparations with an unflinching aspect.
  • Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Rachel continued to watch him, with the same bright and unflinching gaze.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
  • The captain started, peered into his captive's unflinching countenance.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • Rectitude, courage and unflinching truth were Holcroft's ideal.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • It is your unflinching devotion to your mission and to your public duties.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • But he preserved an unflinching, endorsing, gravity of expression.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • Her clear, colourless, unflinching glance enveloped us both critically.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • She looked at me long, she looked at me with unflinching eyes, and said aloud, 'No!
  • Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad

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