How to Use the inevitable in a Sentence

the inevitable

noun
  • He’s been in prison for 40 years and doesn’t want to prolong the inevitable.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 3 May 2024
  • But having a plan on how to deal with the inevitable is smart.
    Dallas News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • And of course there are people who would like to postpone the inevitable.
    Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Can’t wait for the inevitable new song with (even more Post Malone).
    Glamour, 19 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • That doesn’t mean they can’t get started on the inevitable journey.
    Steve Denning, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • Dass read through the order, desperate to stop the inevitable.
    Shoshana Walter, New York Times, 29 June 2023
  • Frese loved watching stars evolve through the inevitable peaks and valleys of a four-year career.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2023
  • That means there is a sense of destruction and decay—the inevitable effects of the passing of time.
    Vogue, 15 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • His new goal is to delay the inevitable demise of his 2010 Volkswagen Golf.
    Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 8 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • If this man isn't on the inevitable talent show group date, producers will have failed.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2024
  • There's no better way to eradicate the inevitable mess than with a sleek and lightweight dust-buster.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023
  • What follows is the inevitable mad dash to the nearest store where you’re confronted with a wall of bottles.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 5 Dec. 2023
  • There will be some schools that make big runs - while others will fall victim to the inevitable upsets that cause chaos each year.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • So, there was no way to avoid the inevitable and little blame directed at anyone.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • How might the debate nudge the scale for the candidates, as determined by the inevitable follow-up polling?
    Heather Hendershot / Made By History, TIME, 27 June 2024
  • Ignore the inevitable grumbling from players and long-term fans (a.k.a.
    Paul Newberry, ajc, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Neither of us particularly relished adding a mile-long walk to the end of the night, but the trade-off was avoiding the worst of the inevitable rideshare chaos.
    Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
  • Every Day Short $78 at publicrec.com Looking for a pair of shorts that can take you from the commute to the office to the airport to the bar and then to the inevitable summer vacay?
    Christian Gollayan, menshealth.com, 5 Apr. 2023
  • There is also the inevitable outing to a male strip club where surprises await.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 24 July 2024
  • Some hoped to flip their loan and pay it back, while others chose to foolishly spend the funds, ignoring the inevitable fraud charge.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Their tender moments make the inevitable tragic turn all the more gut-wrenching.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
  • This removes air pockets and slows the inevitable compaction.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The latter is the inevitable side effect of a new exercise program, not a reason to shut it down.
    Matt Fuchs, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Odysseus wanders the island and regains his strength for the inevitable battle against the many suitors trying to win his wife.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
  • It should be focused on real harms and be flexible enough to allow for the inevitable changes in technology.
    Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024

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