How to Use fateful in a Sentence
fateful
adjective
- Her campaign took a fateful turn.
- Hundreds perished on that fateful day.
- His life changed on that fateful November evening.
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At worst, this could be the start of a fateful tailspin.
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Adam Himmelsbach,
BostonGlobe.com,
8 May 2023
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Yet in that fateful 26-game stretch, the Mets were outscored by just 11 runs.
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Gabe Lacques,
USA TODAY,
7 Aug. 2023
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This is about the non-yield since the Sox went out of their way to lock him up in that fateful spring.
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Dan Shaughnessy,
BostonGlobe.com,
1 Apr. 2023
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This morning, Christopher stood at the end of the board, took a breath and made the fateful hop.
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New York Times,
4 July 2022
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The song then took on a whole new meaning for the Ting Tings on a fateful trip to Spain.
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Mike Wass,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2022
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Then, a few months later, a fateful storm hit the city.
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Megha McSwain,
Chron,
8 Aug. 2022
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Then came that fateful meeting with Gaye at the Hoover Street Gym in 1978.
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Matthew Allan,
Rolling Stone,
4 Feb. 2023
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Yet there was one more fateful roll of the many-sided die.
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Elizabeth Hand,
Washington Post,
26 Aug. 2022
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Biden showed up to a fateful debate and so should Trump.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
28 July 2024
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The fateful loss last season occurred on May 15, almost a year to the day of this one.
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Tyler Dragon,
USA TODAY,
12 May 2023
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Which brings us to that fateful Thursday night in 2002.
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Washington Post,
4 May 2022
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Then one fateful night in August, Ernestine and I are about to go to bed.
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Brianne Tracy,
Peoplemag,
1 Nov. 2023
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That was where Zahawi stayed, until the fateful events of the 2022 summer.
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Robert Goulder,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2023
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Most of the high points of the Nagy era came before Parkey’s fateful kick nailed the upright and then bounced off the crossbar.
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Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Oct. 2024
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Having landed in London, the ladies hear that fateful knock on the door.
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Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
17 Feb. 2023
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But when two friends sat down for a fateful meal in Tokyo, a big idea hit like a hearty dollop of wasabi.
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Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2023
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That means some heads are going to roll at the fateful senior prom.
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Steven Thrash,
EW.com,
27 Oct. 2022
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Rod isn't there for the band's fateful first meeting with Teddy.
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Chelsey Sanchez,
Harper's BAZAAR,
3 Mar. 2023
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But the Lions' defense got a stop, setting up the fateful drive and fourth-down call.
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Dave Birkett,
USA TODAY,
5 Dec. 2021
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The person who came across him that fateful day wasn't willing to give up on him just yet.
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George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
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Since that fateful day, the Packers have gone 48-14 against Chicago.
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Benjamin Hoffman,
New York Times,
7 Sep. 2023
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On one fateful Christmas in 1939, a slight trace of snow was recorded.
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Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
15 Dec. 2024
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His team members—Michael Waltrip and son Dale—were at the front of the field on that fateful final lap.
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Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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The chaos and violence unfolded over the course of a few hours on that fateful day.
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Rachel Scott,
ABC News,
6 Jan. 2022
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What kind of a life would someone lead that would lead them to make that fateful choice, and bring you on that journey?
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Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
30 Aug. 2024
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What happened that night in Concord So what of that fateful summer night in Concord in the 1920s?
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Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2025
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The truth behind what happened that fateful day remained a mystery for decades.
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Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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