inescapable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- inescapableness noun
- inescapably adverb
Etymology
Origin of inescapable
First recorded in 1785–95; in- 3 + escapable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Its fizzy positivity is but one reason this year’s most inescapable soundtrack is stubbornly popular.
From Salon
The extended visual encounter between two people, its intimacy inescapable, culminates in the two “actors” autographing their performed picture.
From Los Angeles Times
It is inescapable that people have most focused on Frank’s sculptural, curvilinear forms, his luminous exterior surfaces, and yet what I find most profound about his architecture is how he enchanted and enlivened space.
From Los Angeles Times
A sense of charismatic presence — the material manifestation of an abstract idea — is inescapable.
From Los Angeles Times
Last year’s inescapable “Wicked” and its new follow-up finale, “Wicked: For Good,” present an entirely different, far more frustrating predicament than the one Warner Bros. faced in the late aughts.
From Salon
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