On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Fateful. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as fatal or unfortunate and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Fateful meaning
- Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
- Determined in advance by fate, fated.
Synonyms of Fateful
Using Fateful
- The main meaning on this page is: Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate. | Determined in advance by fate, fated.
- Useful related words include: fatal, unfortunate, disastrous, calamitous.
- In the example corpus, fateful often appears in combinations such as: that fateful, fateful day, the fateful.
Context around Fateful
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fateful
- In this selection, "fateful" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, day, night and prom stand out and add context to how "fateful" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include on that fateful day and a very fateful closing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fateful" sits close to words such as acknowledgement, anwar and applaud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fateful
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A very fateful closing. (4 words)
After that fateful day against Starro, Batman would never go back to his isolation. (14 words)
Every real American knows that what happened in Guyana on that fateful day was wrong. (15 words)
Carter did not come on that fateful day at Wembley but in Sydney on Sunday, she is likely to be key – if she can match her semi-final performance it will surely be gold around her neck and not silver. (40 words)
Ceremonies were held on May 2 and May 5 at respective Mattapoisett and Marion Fire stations, where Explorers (junior firefighters) heard, possibly for the first time, the events of that fateful day and the importance of remembering. (37 words)
As vice president in the Obama administration, he was inside the somber meetings that made fateful decisions about government bailouts after a new president inherited the worst financial crisis in more than 70 years. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to her, John had executed his normal daily activities before he returned early in the morning on that fateful day.
According to him, “On the fateful day, 16th September, 2022, I called her (Ummu) several times but she didn’t pick the calls.
After that fateful day against Starro, Batman would never go back to his isolation.
All the action dates back to that fateful prom night when Amber’s premature baby died on a bathroom floor while Joe danced with another girl.
A month has passed since that fateful day at Elland Road when Tottenham Hotspur eased to a win against Sam Allardyce’s Whites and condemned Leeds to life in the second tier.
And when her options shrink almost to none, she short-circuits; the seductive tarantella she dances to keep Torvald from reading a fateful letter becomes a kind of seizure.
Around 10:30 am on that fateful day, a 55-year-old MTA employee was diligently cleaning the mezzanine area of the Cypress Avenue station on the 6 train line.
As Danny shares his life story with Rya and the audience, he slowly unveils the mysterious events that led him to the fateful incident.
As vice president in the Obama administration, he was inside the somber meetings that made fateful decisions about government bailouts after a new president inherited the worst financial crisis in more than 70 years.
Austin Gatlin-Holt (Roger Howarth) knows Nikolas survived and saved him that fateful night, so his deception has to come out eventually.
A very fateful closing.
Back on that fateful day in 2009, Hjörtur had stood in line at the last McDonald's location in Reykjavík, waiting to buy a Big Mac.
Carter did not come on that fateful day at Wembley but in Sydney on Sunday, she is likely to be key – if she can match her semi-final performance it will surely be gold around her neck and not silver.
Ceremonies were held on May 2 and May 5 at respective Mattapoisett and Marion Fire stations, where Explorers (junior firefighters) heard, possibly for the first time, the events of that fateful day and the importance of remembering.
Check out the shot below, along with a storyboard of Harley Quinn's fateful meeting with Mr. J in Arkham Asylum.
Every real American knows that what happened in Guyana on that fateful day was wrong.
Face-to-face for the first time and during several conversations over three days in South Carolina, it’s clear his life continues to be shaped by that fateful helmet-on-helmet collision.
Former Bromsgrove GP Dr Jim Swire lost his daughter Flora in the tragedy and he has spent his life seeking the truth about what happened on that fateful day.
He failed to return home that fateful night and did not report to work the next day.
I’d had a hernia for many years, and it had been just an annoyance until that fateful day.
Common combinations with fateful
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: