How to Use predictably in a Sentence

predictably

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• Both shows are predictably sold out.
  — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• Things predictably get messy from there.
  — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Jan. 2026
• The price predictably was steep.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
• Amid all this, the first steps have been predictably painful.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 25 June 2021
• The end might have come a dozen times and all too predictably.
  — New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021
• Too much age is predictably too much, and weighs down the drink.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2022
• Miller’s first snap, predictably, went over the punter’s head.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 23 Sep. 2020
• Of course, my name came up a lot and, predictably, was dragged through the mud.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• The saw cuts slowly and predictably up to the full bar length.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2023
• And the stage crew kids are predictably emo in their black clothes and sleepy-eyed stares.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2023
• The mood in the dressing room was predictably down.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 May 2026
• Despite many grace notes, this past year was predictably odd for movies.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2021
• The movie got trashed by many people, predictably, but some of us loved it.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
• Shane smelled, and then saw, what happened, and predictably lost his mind.
  — Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2021
• But with the 8-core, those graphics scores are predictably cut in half.
  — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 4 Sep. 2024
• Young predictably struggled as the offense had to be all about him and his arm.
  — Mike Kaye updated January 3, Charlotte Observer, 4 Jan. 2026
• Newell can predictably be found seated by the store’s front entrance.
  — oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2022
• After that, the results on the field were predictably bad.
  — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 31 Dec. 2025
• Quite predictably, these raids crashed with so many people jammed into one place.
  — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
• Visual artists are spread more evenly, and less predictably, among the states.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
• Where the networks parted ways, predictably, was what that meant.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2024
• For years, many stars served as their own stylist or whipped up their own clothes, with predictably patchy results.
  — Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
• And then, quite predictably, Hacks swerves away from that pain at the last second.
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 May 2026
• The left and the media are predictably heaping blame on Sens.
  — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2021
• That, rather predictably, did not go well for him or the Trail Blazers.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2023
• The longer the state changes predictably, the more coherent the system is.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 25 July 2022
• And, predictably, the secondary market is already the shoes for a huge markup.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 2 July 2025
• Adjusting your sleep schedule can train your body to poop more predictably.
  — Gabrielle Kassel, SELF, 5 Aug. 2025
• When lawsuits are predictably filed the state, of course, has to defend their actions.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2026
• The strong brakes had a nice feel to them and slowed the car quickly but predictably going into turns.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 25 Nov. 2020