How to Use predictably in a Sentence

predictably

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• But the game drives are, predictably, the star of the show.
  — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2025
• The saw cuts slowly and predictably up to the full bar length.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2023
• The end might have come a dozen times and all too predictably.
  — New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021
• Of course, my name came up a lot and, predictably, was dragged through the mud.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• And the stage crew kids are predictably emo in their black clothes and sleepy-eyed stares.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2023
• Too much age is predictably too much, and weighs down the drink.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2022
• The name of the plan had a predictably gruesome origin.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 10 May 2022
• The longer the state changes predictably, the more coherent the system is.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 25 July 2022
• The race for the team title – and the one spot in the state championships – was predictably tight.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 29 Sep. 2021
• The movie got trashed by many people, predictably, but some of us loved it.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
• The left and the media are predictably heaping blame on Sens.
  — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2021
• That, rather predictably, did not go well for him or the Trail Blazers.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2023
• But with the 8-core, those graphics scores are predictably cut in half.
  — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 4 Sep. 2024
• The predictably ugly stat: 3 of 22 behind the 3-point arc.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2021
• The crowd, many of whom have been imbibing on the grounds since the gates opened at 6 a.m., predictably ate it up.
  — Ben Steele, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2021
• The air in San Francisco on a cloudy May day is crisp and predictably cool.
  — Leah Faye Cooper, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2024
• Shane smelled, and then saw, what happened, and predictably lost his mind.
  — Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2021
• The news, predictably, was unpleasant: the Olympic roster was about to leak, and Clark wasn’t on it.
  — Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
• The Black Keys lead a list that’s predictably stacked with heavyweights and hot newcomers from around the globe.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2024
• Visual artists are spread more evenly, and less predictably, among the states.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
• The tax was predictably decried by the streaming services.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2024
• In the end, the measure predictably fell flat in the Senate, and the right wing still revolted over spending.
  — Annie Karni, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• The backlash to her performance was swift and predictably racist.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
• Despite many grace notes, this past year was predictably odd for movies.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2021
• The Final Cut Pro test was predictably a bigger spread.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 23 June 2022
• Newell can predictably be found seated by the store’s front entrance.
  — oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2022
• Where the networks parted ways, predictably, was what that meant.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2024
• The last time the Rangers scored four runs in a game was Sept. 14, and their lineup of trainee hitters had a predictably tough time with Montgomery.
  — Matthew Roberson, courant.com, 22 Sep. 2021
• The sea level teams, predictably, had an abysmal record in the second game, which landed on days three or four in elevation.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
• The background gets predictably noisy due to the Tiny SE’s small sensor, showing significantly more grain across flat surfaces than the Tiny 2.
  — PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 2 Mar 2025