Literary notes about unyielding (AI summary)
In literature the word "unyielding" is often used to evoke both physical and emotional steadfastness. Authors employ it to portray characters whose personalities resist change, as when a stubborn nature is described as “unyielding” [1, 2], or to depict an unshakeable moral fervor, such as a heart that endures despite adversity [3, 4]. The term equally appears in imagery that likens objects to natural or constructed monuments of resistance—evoking stone, granite, or even books of stone [5, 6]—thus reinforcing a sense of rigidity and indomitability. Whether emphasizing the resolute defiance of individuals or imbuing landscapes and inanimate structures with a palpable, unbending force [7, 8], "unyielding" enriches literary description by marrying the tangible qualities of solidity with the abstract ideals of perseverance and immovability.
- But he’s of a stubborn and unyielding nature.”
— from Patty's Friends by Carolyn Wells - His father was a self-made man, stern and unyielding.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Cerfberr and Christophe - He had failed, everything had failed, yet behind the failure was the unyielding passion of life.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence - "My dear," said he, "heaven has endowed you with a heart more unyielding than woman ever yet had.
— from The Odyssey by Homer - How much more solid, durable, unyielding, is a book of stone!
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo - No one answered his knock, and the door was as unyielding as a rock of granite.
— from Make or Break; or, The Rich Man's Daughter by Oliver Optic - The great library of Strasburg burned still, as some vast flambeau bidding the Germans to look upon the unyielding heart of the city.
— from The Garden of Swords by Max Pemberton - The deer-skin thongs, as unyielding as iron, held him fast.
— from When Wilderness Was KingA Tale of the Illinois Country by Randall Parrish
