Sentence examples for at the predictable from inspiring English sources

Each time I asked about what happened to the displaced workers, Hu and Wong waved away the question, amused at the predictable direction of my inquiries.

(Some yawned at the predictable names, from Serra to Matthew Barney; others deplored oddities, like vitrines of wee ceramics by Charles LeDray and of mirrored-glass vessels by Josiah McElheny. The choices hardly matter, because everything looks lost).

"Cairo, jewel of the Nile," her new spouse chimed in, rolling jaded eyes at the predictable ironies of travel.

More reform-minded than ideological, they look at the Bush debacle as the predictable failure of insular and extremist politics — a retreat from the "compassionate conservatism" that Bush once promised.

The former is characteristic of species that live in unstable environments and the latter of species whose circumstances are predictable.Viewed in comparison with most animals, humans are at the predictable-environment and doting-parent end of the scale, but from a human perspective those in less developed countries are further from it than those in rich ones.

The electronic duo describes the song as a "an exploration in otherworldly dance music" and an "attempt at blending the predictable with the experimental," and we couldn't agree more.

Despite that explanation, the news that Mr. Jobs would not be making his anticipated public appearance at Macworld struck the predictable chords of anxiety among those who follow Apple.

His openly political films, which clearly acknowledge social issues at stake, overcome the predictable obstacles of engaging in partisan cinema.

At thirty-two, he made the predictable pilgrimage to Rome.

Austen is allusive, illusive, elusive, always at pains to sidestep the predictable.

Luke Donald begins his competitive life as the world No 1 today at the Memorial with the predictable question marks greeting his ascent.