How to Use the inevitable in a Sentence
the inevitable
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He’s been in prison for 40 years and doesn’t want to prolong the inevitable.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 3 May 2024
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But having a plan on how to deal with the inevitable is smart.
—Dallas News, 14 Dec. 2022
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Sure, things could change, as the inevitable give and take happens.
—Berit Thorkelson, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2025
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And of course there are people who would like to postpone the inevitable.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2024
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May the new year bring peace and joy amid the inevitable turbulence.
—Craig Nakano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Can’t wait for the inevitable new song with (even more Post Malone).
—Glamour, 19 Apr. 2024
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If the place at the top of your bucket list has gone viral, go at off-peak times to avoid the inevitable queues.
—Layla Quaedvlieg, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Aug. 2024
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We are obsessed with how to postpone the inevitable and, failing that, how to make the most of our lives.
—Venki Ramakrishnan, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
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And then, a few weeks or months later, the inevitable happens.
—Hanneke Antonelli, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Platt and Holzman always kept their eye on the inevitable movie to come, but waited for the show to play out over the decades.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2025
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That doesn’t mean they can’t get started on the inevitable journey.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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As for the inevitable outrage of the purists, no more than 4000 laid their money on the table each year over that last decade.
—Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 1 Aug. 2023
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At the same time, there’s a good chance that the inevitable next film does deliver on its promise.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 18 July 2025
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Dass read through the order, desperate to stop the inevitable.
—Shoshana Walter, New York Times, 29 June 2023
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The problem is most teams don’t get that trophy, and when the inevitable happens and things go south, a fan base might want to hear from the boss.
—Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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Frese loved watching stars evolve through the inevitable peaks and valleys of a four-year career.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2023
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For some, cooking loses some of its appeal thanks to the inevitable cleanup.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Nov. 2024
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That means there is a sense of destruction and decay—the inevitable effects of the passing of time.
—Vogue, 15 Apr. 2024
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With the hope for a future free of tyranny at risk, will Katherine submit to the inevitable for the sake of King and country?
—Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023
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His new goal is to delay the inevitable demise of his 2010 Volkswagen Golf.
—Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 8 Sep. 2023
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The key is to navigate the inevitable tension with grace and patience.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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Stations for late night food were also ready to go on the upper level for the inevitable munchies.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
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Carter has grasped a whisper of control over his own death by ceding control: to God, to fate, to the inevitable.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
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In this room, the luxury of boundless choice meets the inevitable need to make a decision.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2025
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The Cleveland fans who in the preseason shop for paper bags to put over their heads, knowing the inevitable.
—Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
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Again, that is a snapshot and then there is the inevitable life that continues after that.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
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The human role is now to understand what to ask the models for the best results, and to iron out the inevitable problems that crop up along the way.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 15 July 2025
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And then all that is left is for Jamie to carry his fading friend to his bed, where Jenny and Jamie both wait with him for the inevitable.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 29 Nov. 2024
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In the end, Jeffries’ record did nothing but delay the inevitable, which was the passage of the horrible bill.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 July 2025
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Above all, do not repeatedly plant what can't take the inevitable Texas heat and droughts, or the occasional hard freezes, even with your tender loving care.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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