They only knew that they were attacked by some terrible beings and that horrible and unavoidable destruction threatened them.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
We could not, therefore, do otherwise than force ourselves against the wind and drift with all possible speed, paying no heed to unavoidable suffering.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
All this has stood between us-no doubt it was unavoidable-but it made the troubles I could share with no one a little worse to bear, and my few successes of less account to me.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss