How to Use inevitable in a Sentence

inevitable

adjective
  • The thing that scares me the most is that death is inevitable.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Changes in the cockpit are a bleak but inevitable part of the sport.
    Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 8 July 2017
  • But to her, much of the road thus far seems inevitable.
    Jessica Mendoza, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2018
  • In the case of lethal defects, the child’s death is inevitable.
    Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2020
  • In many parts of the world, these cyclones are inevitable.
    Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Her research proved that the tragedy of the commons is not inevitable.
    Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 12 June 2019
  • This was not the squash match that seemed inevitable on paper.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 7 June 2022
  • Others viewed the project as a fit for the area and said traffic was inevitable.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Rust is inevitable, but there is a way to keep the decay at bay.
    Tony Carrick, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2023
  • No matter the square footage of your home, dust and crumbs are inevitable.
    Gabriela Izquierdo, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Jan. 2023
  • That means some smoke and a funky burning smell are inevitable.
    Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2018
  • Summer in the south means that a bonfire or two is inevitable.
    al, 23 May 2022
  • And plan ahead because the cost will rise and delays are inevitable.
    Steve Root, Los Angeles Magazine, 9 Oct. 2017
  • As long as that’s the case, copycats will be inevitable.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 18 July 2022
  • The Vikings were favored to win but trailed by enough that a loss was inevitable.
    Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • In this tight living room, the plush poufs also ease the pain of inevitable knee bumps.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Leaks are inevitable and the search for them is rarely successful.
    Tevi Troy, WSJ, 15 June 2021
  • And yet, where this crisis goes from here is not inevitable.
    Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Wear and tear is inevitable, and decay is part of being alive.
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2023
  • So in the long term, at a high enough price, a recession is inevitable.
    Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Another way of putting this is that crime is not inevitable.
    Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 29 June 2020
  • But in my opinion, your book seems to say that change is inevitable, right?
    Hazlitt, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Loss is inevitable, and writing has been proven to help people grieve in a healthy way.
    courant.com, 6 July 2019
  • Kobe was a huge hip hop fan so taking a try at rapping was inevitable for him.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2020
  • That didn’t make his passing any less painful when the inevitable happened.
    Star Tribune, 21 Oct. 2020
  • There will be growth, not rapid growth, but a little bit of growth is inevitable.
    Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2018
  • There’s no shortage of people who say that a strike is inevitable.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 1 May 2023
  • Its best songs were so catchy that a higher profile seemed inevitable.
    Mark Richardson, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Yes, plants do come from nature and bugs are an inevitable part of nature.
    Maggie Burch, House Beautiful, 6 Dec. 2018
  • This syndrome was not inevitable, and it was not foreseen.
    Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2023

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