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adjective

ineluctable

unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

In a sentence

Six example sentences with ineluctable, each labelled with its topic.

  • Stoic writers treat aging as ineluctable and spend their attention on what a person can still choose.

    Philosophy

  • Once the ice shelf loses its buttress, the retreat becomes ineluctable no matter how cold the next winter runs.

    Environment

  • In Greek drama the prophecy is ineluctable, and every clever detour the hero takes delivers him to it.

    Literature

  • Entropy's increase is ineluctable, so every engine wastes heat no matter how carefully its parts are machined.

    Science

  • The town's decline seemed ineluctable once the mill closed, since every shop on the high street had depended on its wages.

    Economics

  • In the thriller the ending feels ineluctable from the first frame, and the pleasure lies in watching the trap close.

    Movies

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