All 7 Uses of
inevitable
in
Howards End
- Their quarrel was no more surprising than are most quarrels—inevitable at the time, incredible afterwards.†
Part 3
- Paul was inevitable.†
Part 4
- They attributed the change to her marriage, and perhaps some deep instinct did warn her not to travel further from her husband than was inevitable.†
Part 31
- It was doubtless a pity not to keep up with Wedekind or John, but some closing of the gates is inevitable after thirty, if the mind itself is to become a creative power.†
Part 31
- They had tried not to go over the precipice, but perhaps the fall was inevitable.
Part 43 *inevitable = certain to happen
- And it comforted her to think that the future was certainly inevitable; cause and effect would go jangling forward to some goal doubtless, but to none that she could imagine.†
Part 43
- The inevitable word.†
Part 43
Definition:
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(inevitable) certain to happen (even if one tried to prevent it)