Literary notes about unremitting (AI summary)
The word “unremitting” is widely used in literature to emphasize a relentless, unyielding quality—whether referring to human effort, mental state, or natural forces. In historical and biographical narratives, as seen in examples [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], and [6], it underscores continuous exertion or perseverance in the face of adversity. Authors such as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley employ “unremitting” to intensify descriptions of constant care and ardour, as illustrated in [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], while philosophers like Nietzsche and Dewey extend its use to abstract concepts, highlighting an unending, pervasive presence in intellectual and existential processes ([12], [13], [14]). Whether applied to physical labor, mental perseverance, or the steady flow of existence itself, “unremitting” serves to amplify the sense of persistence and the ceaseless nature of the subject at hand.
- More than once their number fell, by unremitting persecution, from the normal standard of twenty-five thousand to about four thousand.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James - Everywhere Poe’s life was one of unremitting toil.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe - Unremitting exertions were made to equip the ships which he had chosen, and especially to refit the VICTORY, which was once more to bear his flag.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey - Nelson watched it with unremitting and almost unexampled perseverance.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey - But, with severe labor and unremitting perseverance, I at length met with entire success in all my preparations.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe - Everywhere Poe’s life was one of unremitting toil.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - But I was in reality very ill, and surely nothing but the unbounded and unremitting attentions of my friend could have restored me to life.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - These thoughts supported my spirits, while I pursued my undertaking with unremitting ardour.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - But I was in reality very ill; and surely nothing but the unbounded and unremitting attentions of my friend could have restored me to life.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - But I was in reality very ill; and surely nothing but the unbounded and unremitting attentions of my friend could have restored me to life.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - His tenderness and attentions were unremitting; my grief and gloom was obstinate, but he would not despair.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - The perishable nature of existence might be interpreted as the joy of procreative and destructive force, as unremitting creation.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Nietzsche - The pressure that comes from the fact that one is let into the group action by acting in one way and shut out by acting in another way is unremitting.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - The unremitting transientness and volatility of the subject.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Nietzsche