How to Use eventuality in a Sentence

eventuality

noun
  • He planned carefully and was ready for any eventuality.
  • And so all armies are going to have to build for that eventuality.
    CBS News, 15 Feb. 2023
  • For Olynyk, there was a trade kicker in place in case of such an eventuality.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Mar. 2021
  • That's an eventuality Napoli want to avoid, and they are believed to have tabled an offer to keep him tied down.
    SI.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • There are two ways this could resolve, one of which would be ideal and the other of which has an air of eventuality.
    Editorial Board, Star Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
  • This was, this was a black eye for not planning for this eventuality.
    NBC News, 21 Feb. 2021
  • Amazon Studios Lee: There is room for all eventualities in the turning of the Wheel.
    Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2023
  • For the moment, all anyone can do is try to plan for any eventuality.
    Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2020
  • Planning for the eventuality of her parents’ death has been hard for her too.
    Cate Young, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2021
  • The 128th would provide cover for any fallbacks along the road, an eventuality the fighters do not like to talk about.
    Steve Hendrix and Serhii Korolchuk, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • And the entire league has been braced and prepared for such eventualities.
    Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 27 June 2018
  • In the eventuality that a robot makes a mistake, what then?
    Thomas Page, CNN, 22 May 2017
  • If the prediction came far enough in advance, most of us might even try to prevent the eventuality or avert the outcome.
    Brandy Schillace, Wired, 28 Dec. 2021
  • This eventuality presents—or, again, should present—a quandary.
    Ryann Liebenthal, The New Republic, 9 May 2023
  • The best way to prepare for such an eventuality is by planning.
    Libby Rothschild, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
  • There have been swings that hinted this was on the horizon, an eventuality Adley Rutschman would soon achieve if fans were patient enough to wait.
    Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2022
  • The role of the credit rating firms is to assess the likelihood of those eventualities.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The United States is planning in the eventuality that this is going to happen.
    CBS News, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Several tie-breaking procedures have been put in place for the eventuality of ties in the standings for the top eight places.
    Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Tanner Houck, who was being prepared as a starter for such an eventuality, will likely claim one of the spots.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Goodness is not a constant, and the good fight is not always fought, but there is a strength and a resiliency and an eventuality to vox populi.
    David Marchese, New York Times, 10 June 2022
  • But Democrats have been staring down this eventuality for some time.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Taron Egerton once again has the lead role of cocky young Eggsy Unwin, a Kingsman agent trained for any conceivable eventuality.
    Chris Ball, cleveland.com, 29 Dec. 2017
  • But that eventuality does not make this period of time any less strange.
    Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 30 July 2017
  • The problem comes when the technology outruns the premise of the seasons, which with the light-speed advancement of new tech, is now an eventuality.
    Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 20 Jan. 2021
  • The movie ‘The Protected Men’ is a relentless farce that works through the eventuality of men vanishing from earth.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 June 2024
  • Before a screen is ever set, Capela reads the moment for all its eventualities.
    Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 18 May 2018
  • There's no reason to think such an eventuality would upend our lives like the full-on pandemic response of a year ago.
    Damon Linker, The Week, 9 July 2021
  • San Francisco needs to prepare for the eventuality of a Brock Purdy contract extension.
    Vincent Frank, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Organizations in Iowa have been planning for the ban’s eventuality for months, according to Richardson.
    Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 26 July 2024

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