unescapable
adjective
un·es·cap·able
ˌən-i-ˈskā-pə-bəl 
-e-,
dialectal -ik-ˈskā-
: incapable of being avoided, ignored, or denied : inescapable
an unescapable conclusion/outcome
What had been a feverish nightmare became a cold and unescapable fact.—
Edith Wharton
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Examples of unescapable in a Sentence
you will make some mistakes—that is just one of the unescapable realities of this job
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But similarly besieged, blockaded and pounded from afar by Russian troops, Chernihiv’s remaining residents are terrified that with each blast, each bomb and every additional body that lies uncollected on the streets, they’re caught in the same macabre trap of unescapable killings and destruction.
—Yuras Karmanau, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2022
But similarly besieged, blockaded and pounded from afar by Russian troops, Chernihiv's remaining residents are terrified that with each blast, bomb and body that lies uncollected on the streets, they're caught in the same macabre trap of unescapable killings and destruction.
—Yuras Karmanau, ajc, 26 Mar. 2022
Such a scenario bares an unescapable heaviness.
—Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2022
My guilt seemed unescapable.
—NBC News, 9 July 2021
Jed Rawson has reached an unescapable conclusion.
—Abram Brown, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
Its remaining residents are terrified that each blast, bomb and body that lies uncollected on the streets ensnares them in the same trap of unescapable killings and destruction.
—Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2022
Which means Alabamians must look far, far into the future, beyond the pandering of the moment to the inevitable, unescapable, unintended consequences.
—John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 3 Nov. 2021
Yet months into a pandemic that’s forcing physical classrooms to remain closed, the unescapable proximity has caused many parents to struggle.
—Gina Rich, Good Housekeeping, 28 Oct. 2020
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Yuras Karmanau, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2022
But similarly besieged, blockaded and pounded from afar by Russian troops, Chernihiv's remaining residents are terrified that with each blast, bomb and body that lies uncollected on the streets, they're caught in the same macabre trap of unescapable killings and destruction.
—Yuras Karmanau, ajc, 26 Mar. 2022
Such a scenario bares an unescapable heaviness.
—Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2022
My guilt seemed unescapable.
—NBC News, 9 July 2021
Jed Rawson has reached an unescapable conclusion.
—Abram Brown, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
Its remaining residents are terrified that each blast, bomb and body that lies uncollected on the streets ensnares them in the same trap of unescapable killings and destruction.
—Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2022
Which means Alabamians must look far, far into the future, beyond the pandering of the moment to the inevitable, unescapable, unintended consequences.
—John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 3 Nov. 2021
Yet months into a pandemic that’s forcing physical classrooms to remain closed, the unescapable proximity has caused many parents to struggle.
—Gina Rich, Good Housekeeping, 28 Oct. 2020
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“Unescapable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unescapable. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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