Next comes the seemingly inevitable occurrence of dissatisfaction (Stage 2), as working together turns out to be more difficult than anticipated.

Yet the two women had never once talked about her seemingly inevitable death.

To market optimists, the Dow's performance demonstrated its seemingly inevitable rise to 3,500.

Suddenly, instead of Manley's seemingly inevitable return, the country is facing another tense election.

The pattern had played out before, as seemingly inevitable as it was predictable.

The past few years have been one improbability after another, each more marvelous and seemingly inevitable than the last.

The seemingly inevitable spread of gambling, from two states eight years ago to 24 today, has slowed.

In doing so, they may have put off the country's seemingly inevitable default for a few weeks or months.

In February, with war against Iraq seemingly inevitable, the estimate was $304 billion.

An economy hooked on debt also is vulnerable to the seemingly inevitable rise in interest rates.