How to Use fatal in a Sentence

fatal

adjective
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  • She made a fatal mistake.
  • On the final day of the trip, Bianca Rudolph suffered a fatal blast to the chest.
    — Mike Levine, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Both warned that the law’s vague wording might lead to more fatal shootings.
    — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 30 June 2023
  • The driver of the Kia was taken for a blood draw, which is standard in fatal crashes.
    — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Jan. 2024
  • While tiger shark attacks are not common in the Red Sea, the area did see two such fatal attacks last year, per The Guardian.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 9 June 2023
  • One high-profile case was the fatal stabbing of 6-year-old Wadea al-Fayoume in Illinios on Oct. 14.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2023
  • In May, there was a fatal shooting by troopers after a chase.
    — J. David Goodman, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Gascón did not provide any details on the motive in the fatal attack.
    — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
  • The suspension comes after a rash of fatal train strikes in the region, with four people hit and killed on the coastal train tracks in the span of five days this month.
    — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The announcement was spurred by the fatal shootings of a 13-year-old girl in July, a five-year-old girl in August and an 11-year-old boy this month.
    — Emma Colton, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Calles’ death is the second fatal police shooting in Portland in 2023.
    — Austindedios, oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Mongolian Groom suffered a fatal injury to his left-hind leg at the top of the stretch in the biggest Breeders’ Cup race, the Classic.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Police have not released a motive for the fatal shooting.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2023
  • In one corner, his brother’s clothes are laid out into a shrine, still caked in blood from his fatal shooting on Oct. 13.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Alec Baldwin asks judge to dismiss charges in fatal ‘Rust’ shooting.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Jail records state that the fatal shooting is a capital crime because the shots were fired from a vehicle.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 11 July 2023
  • The nation's overdose deaths spiked last decade due to fatal episodes with opioids, then heroin.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
  • An Ohio man has been arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of a father of twins with a third baby on the way.
    — Emily Palmer, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Nobody has been charged in the fatal shootings of 18-year-old Aaliyah Gonzalez and 20-year-old Kylis Fagbemi.
    — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2024
  • The fatal shot also wounded the film's director, Joel Souza.
    — Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2023
  • But if the attack on Jimmy was fatal, that screws everything up.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
  • As with last month’s fatal train accident, those killings sparked widespread protests across the country.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The suspect was arrested six days after the fatal shooting took place.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2023
  • And sadly, ingesting plants that are toxic to dogs can be fatal.
    — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The invasion turned out to be a fatal miscalculation, but the outcome was long in doubt.
    — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Five of the incidents where officers used both launchers and firearms were fatal.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The Milwaukee man convicted in a fatal shooting last year at a Water Street tavern will spend the next 40 years in prison.
    — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The worker, who was 48, fell 20 feet down the elevator shaft and suffered fatal head trauma.
    — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The fatal capsizing is in the same area as Saturday’s capsizing, when a 21-foot boat with six people on board tipped over and sank.
    — Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The alternative is mob rule under legal cover, kind of like an agreement between three wolves and two sheep on what to have for dinner: Fine for some, not so good for others, and probably fatal for at least one.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

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