inexorableness

Example Sentences

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It was always—punctually, inevitably, with the inexorableness of a mechanical law—it was always the wrong thing that struck him.

From Tales of Men and Ghosts by Wharton, Edith

The whole thing presented itself to the mind in the light of some huge joke; and yet, behind the joke, lay a curious sense of inexorableness.

From Antony Gray,—Gardener by Moore, Leslie

And he laughed, as the thought went home; laughed at the irony of fate and its inexorableness; laughed at his own defeat and his nearness to a barred Paradise.

From Initials Only by Green, Anna Katharine

Grace, in reply, wept and wondered at the request, bemoaned the inexorableness of the law, and was astonished that Lily had not realized the exact similarity of their positions.

From House of Mirth by Wharton, Edith

And then, in a sudden flash of illumination, he saw precisely wherein that sense of inexorableness lay.

From Antony Gray,—Gardener by Moore, Leslie