How to Use unavoidable in a Sentence

unavoidable

adjective
  • Some were unavoidable; the sand cleaned flesh out of the tires and the smell didn’t linger.
    Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
  • That said, Gorr’s death is unavoidable in this version of the script.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 10 July 2022
  • For many, shift work is an unavoidable part of their job.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The first glimpse of what has now turned out to be the unavoidable tragic end to BSC came a few years back.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 29 May 2024
  • The key point is that, even if the actions taken over the weekend were unavoidable, this can’t be the end of the story.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Change is often very painful and scary, but an unavoidable part of life.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
  • This is unavoidable due to the structure and material of the stool.
    Addie Morton, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Jan. 2023
  • While risk is unavoidable, don’t dwell on the challenges.
    Rick Luebbe, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • But there are unavoidable conclusions to be drawn about the size of container ships vs. the size of the canal.
    John Anderson, WSJ, 17 May 2022
  • Waiting for trains is just an unavoidable fact of city life.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
  • In these speeches, Mr. Xi did not say that war was unavoidable.
    Chris Buckley, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • But none are as omnipresent and unavoidable as the laundry.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
  • Ohio State’s standing atop the league was inevitable and unavoidable.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2022
  • To add to the list of unavoidable stink bug attractions, these insects love warmth and sunlight.
    Natalie Schumann, Country Living, 14 June 2022
  • The mess of the duck sanctuary is sometimes unavoidable.
    Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Perhaps the fog seemed at its most pervasive and unavoidable in the morning.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2023
  • For gardeners, weeding is an unavoidable part of the job.
    Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023
  • But right now, the extra emissions are unavoidable, Williams said.
    Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022
  • In New York, Miguel Richards’ parents weren’t the only ones who had doubts about the department’s claims that the shooting was unavoidable.
    Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The corruption of the Nigerian state is an unavoidable fact.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Watch on In the big picture, many of the T-7’s problems are likely unavoidable parts of debuting a clean sheet air frame that are bound to be ironed out over time.
    Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
  • Many people think of red, puffy skin as an unavoidable symptom of cold weather.
    Madison Yauger, Health, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The decision to walk off the job is not one that pharmacists take lightly, but for many the action is unavoidable, Hogue said.
    Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Injuries, after all, are largely unavoidable over the course of 82 games.
    oregonlive, 21 July 2022
  • For the time when a No. 1 song in the country could be known by everyone, and sorta unavoidable to everyone?
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2022
  • This helps decrease the amount of human touch, leaving only those touch points that are unavoidable.
    Noel Ortiz, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Much to our chagrin, split ends are unavoidable and can't be reversed once acquired.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2023
  • But, as any black woman on the Bachelor can tell you, talking about race is unavoidable.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2022
  • If Paris is an unavoidable layover, consider a connecting flight that will land you in Marseille (rather than Nice), a seaside city that has had a major resurgence.
    Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 July 2024
  • You’re supposed to see stunning, unavoidable, effortless elegance that reflects Paris at its best and the Olympics at their most aspirational.
    Jerry Brewer, Washington Post, 24 July 2024

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