How to Use unavoidable in a Sentence

unavoidable

adjective
  • For many, shift work is an unavoidable part of their job.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The key point is that, even if the actions taken over the weekend were unavoidable, this can’t be the end of the story.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Change is often very painful and scary, but an unavoidable part of life.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
  • This is unavoidable due to the structure and material of the stool.
    Addie Morton, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Waiting for trains is just an unavoidable fact of city life.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
  • In these speeches, Mr. Xi did not say that war was unavoidable.
    Chris Buckley, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Ohio State’s standing atop the league was inevitable and unavoidable.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Perhaps the fog seemed at its most pervasive and unavoidable in the morning.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2023
  • For gardeners, weeding is an unavoidable part of the job.
    Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023
  • In New York, Miguel Richards’ parents weren’t the only ones who had doubts about the department’s claims that the shooting was unavoidable.
    Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The corruption of the Nigerian state is an unavoidable fact.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Watch on In the big picture, many of the T-7’s problems are likely unavoidable parts of debuting a clean sheet air frame that are bound to be ironed out over time.
    Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
  • Many people think of red, puffy skin as an unavoidable symptom of cold weather.
    Madison Yauger, Health, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The decision to walk off the job is not one that pharmacists take lightly, but for many the action is unavoidable, Hogue said.
    Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
  • For the time when a No. 1 song in the country could be known by everyone, and sorta unavoidable to everyone?
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Much to our chagrin, split ends are unavoidable and can't be reversed once acquired.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2023
  • To some unavoidable extent, his stature steered his career.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2023
  • For Singer, appeals to the Supreme Court are an almost unavoidable result of his business model.
    Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2023
  • An ancient lake Back in the Pleistocene, however, the water would have been unavoidable.
    Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Sign up For Biden, an electoral impact may be unavoidable.
    Hafiz Rashid, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023
  • An unavoidable talking point with this topic is that migrants are a drain on our resources.
    Rafael Perez, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Over the past three years, merch cut percentages have climbed and become largely unavoidable.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The report concluded the crash was unavoidable — even if Finley was driving the speed limit.
    Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2022
  • And while they were focused on their jobs at hand, questions about the 2024 presidential race were unavoidable.
    Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2023
  • While stats show that the best rates on flights come from booking flights more than 30 days in advance, sometimes spontaneity is unavoidable.
    Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 23 June 2023
  • Despite his best efforts, a clash with the Freedom Caucus was unavoidable.
    Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023
  • When two best friends, Henry and Len, are dared to kiss each other at a party, neither is prepared for the big, unavoidable feelings that arise.
    USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The disaster killed at least 1,392 people and became an unavoidable part of Bush's legacy.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Which leaves: Injury In elite ski racing, an occasional fall on the icy snow between the gates is unavoidable.
    Bill Pennington, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023
  • And even though the trip was an official event — and not hosted by his re-election campaign — the politics were unavoidable.
    Bridget Bowman, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2023

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