How to Use inevitable in a Sentence

inevitable

adjective
  • It’s been said that pain is inevitable, but that suffering is a choice.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • And in the case of this object — a still aging and ripe-smelling ham — change is inevitable.
    Karri Peifer, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The only fixed truth about technology is that change is inevitable.
    Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Beyond these current calamities lies a longer-term consequence that was by no means inevitable.
    Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Elon Musk says ‘civil war is inevitable’ as UK rocked by far-right riots.
    Reuters, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Comparisons between this piece and the Berlin Wall were inevitable.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024
  • If that price wasn't enough to set your wallet aflame, there's also the matter of the Purosangue's inevitable gas-guzzler tax.
    Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Mistakes are inevitable, because large language models don’t have any inherent sense of truth.
    Max Chafkin, Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Jennifer Lopez makes a cameo in her husband's inevitable ad, which was filmed in Medford, Mass. last month.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Thatch is inevitable, but appropriate lawn care practices will help reduce the severity in the future.
    Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
  • That was his name for those who aim to be longevity outliers, even though mind and body decay is inevitable, quality of life diminishes, and loved ones may be burdened.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Attacks and impact are inevitable, but how well prepared the organization is to carry on with business depends on the controls that have been built in.
    Galina Antova, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Tolchinsky says that operator error is one of the main causes of loss, and, particularly in an active combat zone, such losses are inevitable.
    David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Given the long history of paparazzi shots where Affleck juggles huge cups of Dunkin’ coffee, this spokesman role was inevitable — and effective.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2023
  • And tradeoffs are inevitable, whether between shareholders and stakeholders or within stakeholders themselves.
    Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Resilient leadership in the face of uncertainty Every construction project is unique—and unforeseen challenges are inevitable.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The thing that scares me the most is that death is inevitable.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 22 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • Changes in the cockpit are a bleak but inevitable part of the sport.
    Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 8 July 2017
  • In many parts of the world, these cyclones are inevitable.
    Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 2 Dec. 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
  • Her research proved that the tragedy of the commons is not inevitable.
    Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 12 June 2019
  • The Vikings were favored to win but trailed by enough that a loss was inevitable.
    Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • In the brothers’ view, the Hamas attack was inevitable.
    Claire Parker, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Others viewed the project as a fit for the area and said traffic was inevitable.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2019
  • As long as that’s the case, copycats will be inevitable.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 18 July 2022
  • This was not the squash match that seemed inevitable on paper.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 7 June 2022
  • In this tight living room, the plush poufs also ease the pain of inevitable knee bumps.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2023

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