But last night at Shea Stadium, the inevitable pull of disaster finally yanked the Mets under like a riptide they could not escape.

I stood rigid, eyes closed, letting her drink, feeling the inevitable pull on my heart, my head suddenly full of visions of the dark forest through which she and her companion so often rode and I couldn't know whether these were her visions or mine.

THE inevitable pull of technology is drawing trading stamps into the 21st century.

This view actually parallels modern scientific thinking, which presumes that the universe is evolving towards final destruction when the inevitable pull of gravity slows down the rate of expansion.

Mr. Hamed knows he is not home enough to counteract the inevitable pull of high school and television.

Leaning forward against the inevitable pull of gravity, we set a steady rhythm.

Her reasons: low numbers in the polls (and in her campaign bank account), the pressure of running a state in the economic doldrums and the inevitable pull of small children at home.

And try to be disciplined enough to stick with the strategy, even in the face of inevitable emotional pulls to second-guess it.

Most everyday experiences are lessons in the inevitable pull of the future: books are replaced with e-books, laptops are replaced...

Even she, armored and totally, determinedly uninterested, could feel the inevitable pull.