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How to use inexorable in a sentence

12 example sentences · adjective

Inexorable means impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable. Example: “The inexorable demand for more memory means we will soon be storing thousands of feature films in our pockets, and that's just for starters.”

Examples of inexorable by meaning

adjectiveImpossible to prevent or stop; inevitable.

  • The inexorable demand for more memory means we will soon be storing thousands of feature films in our pockets, and that's just for starters.2004 September 20, Paul Rubens, “Thanks for Memory (but I Need More)”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2018
  • No one, today, can miss the inexorable unfolding across the headlines and social media timelines of a transformed relationship between Britain and Europe.2018 October 8, Anne Perkins, “A Dad’s Army-style Brexit looms. ‘Don’t panic!’: Sentimental versions of our island story are a handicap...

More sentences with inexorable

  • The bogan likes playing Epic Leads because the bogan is on an inexorable quest for maxtreme awesomeness.2010, Michael Jayfox, E. Chas McSween, Intravenus DeMilo, Enron Hubbard, Hunter McKenzie-Smythe, Flash Johnson, Things Bogans Like…. From the entry awesomeness
  • And that is when the Chargers, snakebitten for so long in the playoffs, began their inexorable slide.2009 January 12, Judy Battista, “Steelers Dominate Chargers to Reach A.F.C. Title Game”, in New York Times. From the entry snakebitten
  • Jeremiah Wright’s attempted character assassination, failed to slow his inexorable path to the Democratic nomination.2008 May 11, Frank Rich, “Party Like It’s 2008”, in New York Times. From the entry undercaffeinated
  • "Be quiet, I tell you," said his inexorable patron, "and hear me out.1913 [originally published in ????], Walter Scott, The Pirate, page 286. From the entry hear me out
  • Ursula rose, then stood in a line with the bearers, motionless as though waiting for inexorable fate.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry inhumanly
  • It was a shame of the chalk-takers to take their fee without even scoring one little mark; but chalk-takers are inexorable and must be paid their twopence.2010, James Lambie, The Story of Your Life, page 139. From the entry deuce
  • The Romanian Communist Party also decided to extensively Romanize the cities of Transylvania through a slow, but inexorable policy of reducing Hungarian cultural identity and autonomy.2004, Claude Karnoouh, “Multiculturalism and Ethnic Relations in Transylvania”, in Henry F. Carey, editor, Romania Since 1989: Politics…. From the entry romanize
  • For the self-regulating market was now believed to follow from the inexorable laws of Nature, and the unshackling of the market to be an ineluctable necessity.1957 [1944], Karl Polanyi, chapter 10, in The Great Transformation, Beacon Press: Boston, page 127. From the entry ineluctable
  • It was his orgueil that weaned him from the faith and stood henceforth, an inexorable sentinel at the door of his heart, forbidding God to enter.1926, Percy Mansell Jones, Verhaeren. From the entry orgueil
  • Appropriately, perhaps, it would also be here that they would make the fatal discovery which would bring them, inexorable as the Zodiac's wheel, to their Imum Cœli. . . .2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 457. From the entry Imum Coeli

Meaning of inexorable

  1. adjective Impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable.
  2. adjective Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting.
  3. adjective Adamant; severe.

Full definition of inexorable

Questions about inexorable in a sentence

How do you use inexorable in a sentence?
Inexorable is used as an adjective. For example: “The inexorable demand for more memory means we will soon be storing thousands of feature films in our pockets, and that's just for starters.”
What is a short sentence with inexorable?
“"Be quiet, I tell you," said his inexorable patron, "and hear me out.”
What does inexorable mean?
Inexorable means impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable.

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