They hold one's interest even as the characters tread predictable paths.

And even a free trader follows a predictable path.

But little that has been anticipated in this 10-year-old legal struggle has followed a predictable path.

Cyclones tend to move along a predictable path at a moderate rate of progress.

In fact, he would be giving the Steppeman an easy victory by moving along a predictable path.

In a sense, it is a predictable path for Mr. Bush.

The ups and downs of the economy used to follow a predictable path.

The Harkonnens fly a predictable path as they scan the desert.

The ceiling on the court is usually very high, so the ball has a more predictable path.

From the armchair, it is easy to see each journey as an escape, a tired trek down a predictable path.