How to Use fatal in a Sentence

fatal

adjective
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  • She made a fatal mistake.
  • The fatal shooting led to protests and outrage for days in the city.
    — Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • For Matias and Rafael the risk is that this will prove to be a fatal attraction though.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Within three years one of them would be in jail, charged with the fatal shooting of a 27-year-old man in Portland.
    — Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 11 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • He was released from jail a week after the fatal shooting.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • Even so, fentanyl was in her system, and just two milligrams can be fatal.
    — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The death of Stephanie Villa Torres was at least the third time in a little over a year that a fatal fire in the city has been linked to a scooter battery.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • An arrest has been made in connection with the fatal shooting Tuesday of a 22-year-old man in Tuscaloosa.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Darby fired the fatal shot 11 seconds after entering the house, the video shows.
    — Ashley Remkus | [email protected], al, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Calles’ death is the second fatal police shooting in Portland in 2023.
    — Austindedios, oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2023
  • He was moved the day he was attacked and arrived at the Marcy prison just before the fatal beating began.
    — Ed Shanahan, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • There have, however, been at least two fatal attacks confirmed in the last two years.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Police have not released a motive for the fatal shooting.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2023
  • Five percent to 10% of botulism cases are fatal, per the WHO.
    — Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • The fatal stabbing happened at the Alabama Street apartment Camp shared with his own father and Baquera.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Cordeiro’s legal team believes that another suspect, who the AP reported died in 2020, set up the victim to be robbed during a marijuana deal that ended in a fatal shooting.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025

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