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
  • 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
  • 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 | Crobinson@al.com, al, 11 July 2023
  • The suspect was arrested six days after the fatal shooting took place.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 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 suits allege that Charged Lemonade contributed to the fatal cardiac arrests of a 21-year-old college student and a 46-year-old man.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 29 Dec. 2023
  • As reported by Reuters, Judge Reid Scott is allowing a lawsuit over a fatal crash to go to trial.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2023
  • That review will be expanded to include a review of the fatal crash that preceded it.
    — Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • But then, Bianca Rudolph suffered a fatal gunshot wound.
    — Debora Patta, CBS News, 2 July 2023
  • The action of the film revolves around two pieces of news: a fatal shooting of the boys’ classmate — based on the real life death of seven-year-old Dantrell Davis — and Dolores’ promotion at work.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2023
  • An 18-year-old was arrested on a murder charge in connection with the fatal shooting of a 77-year-old woman in Fort Worth, police records show.
    — Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • He was manipulated by an older man, which led to the fatal shootings.
    — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
  • None have been fatal or caused serious injuries, but the incident logs provide a window into the range of obstacles the trucks have faced.
    — Trisha Thadani, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Little more has been said about the fatal crash, which is under investigation.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Smith announced the homicide omissions while speaking to reporters Tuesday night at the scene of the fatal shooting of a high school student in Northwest Washington.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The demonstration took place just days after a fatal shooting in Nashville at a private Christian school where a shooter killed three children and three adults.
    — Kimberlee Kruesi, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023

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