Examples of predestine in a Sentence

our victory in the tournament was seemingly predestined

Recent Examples on the Web Indeed, most huaren are pragmatists who see a Chinese family history as useful but not predestining. — The Economist, 28 May 2020 Similarly, his playing of games such as Risk and Civilization seemed to predestine him to amass great power. — Christina Passariello, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2020 And in a way that almost feels predestined, one of the windows of the center looks out onto the church that Fred Rogers used to attend. — NBC News, 24 Oct. 2019 Tee and Elle’s growing connection is predestined to result in doom, but these two crazy kids can’t let go of each other. — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 2 July 2019 Surely here is a hero whose immortality was predestined. — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2018 Our fate is predestined by God, and our salvation will come through faith in that conviction. — Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018 After falling short of the rematch with the Patriots that many presumed was predestined, the Steelers have to address the self-destructive tendencies that have haunted them in key stretches. — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2018 Maybe Sunday’s Charlotte Hornets loss was predestined when the NBA schedule came out, but the extent to which the Toronto Raptors clobbered the home team was striking. — Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, 11 Feb. 2018

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