How do you use Fatally in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Fatally meaning
- In a deadly manner; lethally.
- Ultimately, with finality or irrevocability, moving towards the demise of something.
- Fatedly; according to the dictates of fate or doom.
Using Fatally
- The main meaning on this page is: In a deadly manner; lethally. | Ultimately, with finality or irrevocability, moving towards the demise of something. | Fatedly; according to the dictates of fate or doom.
- In the example corpus, fatally often appears in combinations such as: fatally shot, was fatally, fatally stabbed.
Context around Fatally
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 12 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fatally
- In this selection, "fatally" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, suspect, people, man, shot, shooting and stabbed stand out and add context to how "fatally" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 3 people fatally shot inside and 37 was fatally wounded while. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fatally" sits close to words such as activated, banning and campuses, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fatally
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A man was fatally shot in Downtown Albuquerque early Monday morning. (11 words)
A man was fatally shot Thursday afternoon in the Austin neighborhood. (11 words)
According to reports, the late music legend’s great-nephew was fatally stabbed in Atlanta, Georgia. (16 words)
A gunman opened fire Monday night at Michigan State University, killing three people and wounding five more, before fatally shooting himself miles away after an hours-long manhunt that forced frightened students to hide in the dark. (37 words)
A convicted murderer who was out on bond in a pending gun case is accused of brutally beating his ex-girlfriend to death and fatally shooting her current boyfriend at her South Chicago home last weekend. (36 words)
Police: 3 People Fatally Shot Inside Maryland Home; Suspect DeadPolice are on scene in Montgomery County after three people were fatally shot inside a home and the suspect fatally shot himself Monday night. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Police: 3 People Fatally Shot Inside Maryland Home; Suspect DeadPolice are on scene in Montgomery County after three people were fatally shot inside a home and the suspect fatally shot himself Monday night.
Pierce County sheriff’s Deputy Daniel McCartney was fatally shot late last Sunday while responding to a home-invasion robbery in Frederickson, in which one suspect fatally shot himself.
A 28-year-old man was fatally shot early in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough early Wednesday, according to police.
A 31-year-old father of two from Bloomfield was remembered at a vigil on Thursday night, 10 days after he was fatally shot.
A 59-year-old man bicycling in that bike lane was fatally struck by a vehicle Oct. 23, 2023.
A 72-year-old man fatally shot 11 people celebrating the Lunar New Year at a ballroom near Los Angeles on Saturday night, according to the county sheriff.
According to reports, the late music legend’s great-nephew was fatally stabbed in Atlanta, Georgia.
A Commerce man was arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a woman in Pomona last September, authorities said.
A convicted murderer who was out on bond in a pending gun case is accused of brutally beating his ex-girlfriend to death and fatally shooting her current boyfriend at her South Chicago home last weekend.
After a pair of Palestinian gunmen fatally shot four Israelis last week, some 400 armed Jewish settlers torched cars, homes and orchards in the West Bank town of Turmus Aya in apparent retaliation.
A gunman opened fire Monday night at Michigan State University, killing three people and wounding five more, before fatally shooting himself miles away after an hours-long manhunt that forced frightened students to hide in the dark.
Also locked up in our region was a woman who fatally stabbed her boyfriend in the chest, as well as a ‘successful business’ who was not as he seemed.
A male passenger, 37, was fatally wounded, while the driver, 44, sustained a gunshot wound to the head, but survived.
A man accused of firing at after leading them on a chase was fatally shot early Sunday, according to authorities.
A man is accused of fatally running over another man during an argument last month at a park in Northwest Albuquerque.
A man was fatally shot at a West Side gas station on Thursday night, Chicago police said.
A man was fatally shot in Downtown Albuquerque early Monday morning.
A man was fatally shot Thursday afternoon in the Austin neighborhood.
A man was fatally shot while sitting in a vehicle Wednesday morning in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
A man was found fatally shot Friday night inside a Rogers Park home on the North Side.
Common combinations with fatally
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: