Sample sentences for INEVITABLE

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Definition

certain to happen (even if one tried to prevent it)

inevitable = certain to happen

inevitable = certain to happen

With the clock running out of time, a loss seemed inevitable for the team losing by double digits.
It is a law of human nature — as predictable and inevitable as the pull of gravity.
Don't argue with the inevitable.
Stress is the inevitable result of spending too much.
The negotiated defeat seemed preferable to an inevitable defeat on the battlefield.
Many have argued that nuclear proliferation is inevitable.
After so much pressure on the defense, a goal was inevitable.
The inevitable moment was not much longer to be delayed.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The House of the Seven Gables

inevitable = certain to happen

suffering is not only inevitable, but is an indispensable part of a lifelong education,
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe

inevitable = certain to happen

If the individual was listed in a computer file, which everyone inevitably was, then...
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

inevitably = with certainty that it will happen

Inevitably, every document he signed came back with a fresh page added for a new signature by him after intervals of from two to ten days.
Joseph Heller -- Catch-22

inevitably = with certainty that it will happen

...it meant a one-mile walk going steeply downward, followed, inevitably, by a one-mile walk going steeply upward.
Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor

inevitably = with certainty that it will happen

he no longer feared the inevitable passage into the night. He knew he was going to die:
W. Somerset Maugham -- Of Human Bondage

inevitable = certain to happen

I guess I was just trying to put off the inevitable.
Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake

inevitable = something that is certain to happen

In his mind, he was fighting all poverty all the time, an endeavor full of difficulties and inevitable failures.
Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains

inevitable = certain to happen

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- Crime and Punishment

inevitable = certain to happen

...Gus told us that he feared oblivion, and I told him that he was fearing something universal and inevitable,
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars

inevitable = certain to happen

For most of history, slavery had been accepted as sad but inevitable.
Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky

inevitable = certain to happen

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