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How to use predictably in a sentence

21 example sentences · adverb

Predictably means in a manner that can be expected or anticipated. Example: “Predictably he returned to the scene of his crime, where the police were waiting to arrest him.”

Examples of predictably by meaning

adverbIn a manner that can be expected or anticipated.

  • Predictably he returned to the scene of his crime, where the police were waiting to arrest him.
  • The wholesale slaughter of thousands of pigs has predictably drawn the protests of animal welfare and rights groups.2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, pages 324–325
  • Capello was keen to use Phil Jones, normally a defender, in central midfield - but it was hard work for the Manchester United teenager and his England colleagues in the first half as Spain predictably dominated possession.2011 November 12, Phil McNulty, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport

More sentences with predictably

  • My rushed attempt at an essay received a predictably poor grade.From the entry rushed
  • Inwardly, Seven smiled, glad that the predictably irritable and impatient engineer had remerged from her cocoon.2006, Heather Jarman, Evolution, page 83. From the entry remerged
  • No sooner had Charles left Washington than Trump, predictably, began exploiting their private conversations to justify his Iranian inanities.2026 May 2, Simon Tisdall, “The king went to Washington to save Britain’s bacon. He may also have shown the US how to save itself”, in The…. From the entry inanity
  • Predictably, from the doomsayers over at Fox News.2010 April 21, Jimmy Orr, “Opinion: No free vacation this year? Your human rights may have been violated (at least in Europe)”, in Los…. From the entry negative nancy
  • Comet Temple-Tuttle is what astronomers call a "periodic comet," one of hundreds that routinely and predictably continue to orbit the Sun.2001 November 8, P. Clay Sherrod, Gian Trotta, “A History of the Leonid Storm”, in SPACE.com, retrieved 26 Jan 2016. From the entry periodic comet
  • The restaurant-held book bash predictably drew many friends and kin of Ruby Watchco, plus various dot-connectors from the food and media spheres.2012 January 18, Shinan Govani, “Shinan: Chef Lynn Crawford has a new book out, but zero dinner party invitations”, in National Post…. From the entry dot-connector
  • Predictably in the second half it was the Potters, who went searching for goals as Fulham sat back to defend their lead.2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC. From the entry sit back
  • Predictably, however, developers made a travesty of Cerdà's plans and a concrete orchard of gardenless, fortress-like, six- or seven-storey blocks grew up instead.2009, Time Out Barcelona, page 99. From the entry gardenless
  • Winter predictably follows summer, being some fifteen degrees colder in the Northern Hemisphere and five degrees colder than summer in the Southern Hemisphere.2003, Richard N. Cooper, Richard Layard, What the Future Holds: Insights from Social Science, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 129. From the entry some
  • Many of the initial responses to GPT-4’s exam prowess were predictably immoderate: AI can keep up with human lawyers, or apply to Stanford, or make “education” useless.2023 March 21, Ian Bogost, “Is This the Singularity for Standardized Tests?”, in The Atlantic. From the entry immoderate
  • A thunderous roar swept around Emirates Stadium before it echoed to the new Rice anthem - a predictably re-worded rendition of Vanilla Ice's hit 'Ice Ice Baby'.2023 September 3, Phil McNulty, “Declan Rice: The game-changing midfielder Arsenal need for title challenge”, in BBC Sport. From the entry re-word
  • Government demanded that it be called something else – this Orwellian switch in surveillance language is now predictably (and mindlessly) being adopted by those nations’ most state-loyal media outlets.2015 March 13, Glenn Greenwald, “The Orwellian Re-Branding of ‘Mass Surveillance’ as Merely ‘Bulk Collection’”, in First Look, The…. From the entry Orwellian
  • With good humor if predictably, the emotional topography of the faire facilitates a kind of liberation from both the closet and the cruelty of high school cliquedom.2014, Rachel Lee Rubin, Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture, page 283. From the entry topography
  • Gradually, though, they began to find their rhythm and – predictably – it was their two young wingers who looked like offering a way back into the game.2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian. From the entry mis-hit
  • Unrest is predictably blamed on a small group of people with ulterior motives," "evil forces plotting behind the scenes," and "masses who don't know the truth."2008 December 1, Sky Canaves, “A Rare Media Critique of the Chinese System from Within”, in The Wall Street Journal, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Cultural Revolution
  • Pulmonate freshwater snails are found in every type of fresh water, as one might expect, and equally predictably the prosobranchiates are found only in streams and rivers.1974, Philip Street, “Molluscs”, in Animal Reproduction, Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles, →ISBN, page 151. From the entry prosobranchiate
  • The danger, as genre-defying or creative nonfiction becomes a genre in its own right—with mix-and-match poised to become a matter of rote—is that no man’s land could become predictably congested.2015 December 6, Geoff Dyer, “‘Based on a true story’: the fine line between fact and fiction”, in The Guardian. From the entry creative nonfiction
  • These days she spends about 20 to 25 hours a week on the site, which features discussion groups as well as stories archived into four houses, a predictably Hogwartsian touch.2004 June 4, Connie Ogle, “Harry loves Draco? Only in fan fiction”, in The Miami Herald, 101st year, number 264, page 2A. From the entry Hogwartsian

Meaning of predictably

  1. adverb In a manner that can be expected or anticipated.

Full definition of predictably

Questions about predictably in a sentence

How do you use predictably in a sentence?
Predictably is used as an adverb. For example: “Predictably he returned to the scene of his crime, where the police were waiting to arrest him.”
What is a short sentence with predictably?
“Predictably, from the doomsayers over at Fox News.”
What does predictably mean?
Predictably means in a manner that can be expected or anticipated.

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