How to Use fatal in a Sentence

fatal

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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 | [e-mail], 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
• 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 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
• By now many of you have heard the devastating news about Sean’s fatal accident.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
• These injuries can be fatal and usually occur during falls of either the rider or both the horse and the rider.
  — Olivia Hampton, NPR, 5 June 2024
• This article contains a mention of fatal violence against a Black trans woman.
  — James Factora, Them, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024