1.   A hilarious and dazzling novel of religion, ethnic identity and the inexorable pull of family.

2.   He is feeling the inexorable pull of Father Time.

3.   In the last few years, Peninsula Players has felt the inexorable pull of the modern age tugging at its barnlike buildings and rough-hewn setting.

4.   She could weight lines by sheer phrasing, rather than by tone, investing descending lines with the inexorable pull of gravity itself.