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How to use fatally in a sentence

18 example sentences · adverb

Fatally means in a deadly manner; lethally. Example: “Luis got arrested for voluntary manslaughter when he fatally struck Jimmy in a barfight.”

Examples of fatally by meaning

adverbIn a deadly manner; lethally.

  • A 22-year-old man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years for fatally stabbing 22-year-old Tashan Daniel in an unprovoked attack at Hillingdon Underground station on September 24 2019.2020 September 9, “Network News: Man jailed for Hillingdon murder”, in Rail, page 25
  • One of the Louisville detectives who fatally shot Breonna Taylor during a botched raid is appealing his termination this week.2021 December 13, Amir Vera, “Louisville detective who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is appealing his termination from the police...
  • White, too, was found dead—fatally shot—at the scene.2025 August 9, Keren Landman, “‘I’m Actually Surprised It Didn’t Happen Sooner’”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025

adverbUltimately, with finality or irrevocability, moving towards the demise of something.

  • Chelsea will point to that victory margin as confirmation of their superiority - but Spurs will complain their hopes of turning the game around were damaged fatally by Atkinson's decision.2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2022

More sentences with fatally

  • Luis got arrested for voluntary manslaughter when he fatally struck Jimmy in a barfight.From the entry voluntary manslaughter
  • He was seriously wounded, perhaps fatally.From the entry perhaps
  • Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet."2012 January 19, Reuters. From the entry wikipedia
  • The consistent result is that the church is fatally bitten by the "cobra effect".2002, Leslie H. Brickman, “Prepare the Next Step”, in Preparing the 21st Century Church, [Maitland, Fla.?]: Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 326. From the entry cobra effect
  • The victim in this case was fatally crushed by the falling chicot.1972, Pulp & Paper Magazine of Canada (volume 73, issues 1-6, page 28). From the entry chicot
  • Second, Dutton and his closest circle were fundamentally deluded about their ability to beat Albanese, an opponent they fatally underestimated.2025 May 8, Jacob Greber, “How Peter Dutton’s Wile E Coyote campaign flew off the cliff”, in ABC News, archived from the original on 20…. From the entry boosterism
  • He tried to drag it to c2, which the computer registered as a premove that fatally lost a bishop.2020 September 15, Leonard Barden, “Technical hazard trips up Kasparov as Carlsen and Nakamura battle to a tie”, in Financial Times…. From the entry premove
  • Heart each day more frequently growing cities of love to idolize, cities that fall from all ages babylonically and fatally.1986, Miguel Hernández, translated by Michael Smith, Unceasing Lightning, The Dedalus Press, →ISBN, page 48. From the entry Babylonically
  • THREE Sydney brothers have pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a man fatally stabbed during a brawl that included a brief swordfight.2009 January 30, “Brothers admit swordfight killing of Sione Matavesi in Heckenberg”, in Herald Sun. From the entry swordfight
  • The fatally wounded officer, Seraphin Calabrese, 34 years old, was rushed to Roosevelt Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:05 P.M.1980 February 25, Robert D[ennis] McFadden, “Transit Officer Slain With His Own Pistol at Columbus Circle […]”, in The New York Times, New…. From the entry seraphin
  • What was the type of injury sustained by the survivors and by folks who were injured, fatally, in order to delethalize aircraft?1959, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Civil Service Commission. From the entry delethalize
  • The crisis in such a young man's life may be reached exactly wheen he half-realizes that he is fatally overcommitted to what he is not.1958, Erik Erikson, Young Man Luther, page 43. From the entry overcommitted
  • The Air Force veteran fatally shot by police during last week’s US Capitol riot had been in a “throuple” with her husband and their live-in girlfriend, according to reports.2021 January 14, Tamar Lapin, “Ashli Babbitt, Air Force vet killed at Capitol, was in a ‘throuple’”, in New York Post, retrieved 22 Jul 2021. From the entry live-in
  • With Morris such lapses are a rare exception, with Doughty fatally common and disastrous, as when certain gentlemen, audibly cavilling at some project, are said to 'bebark' it.1954, Peter Russell, Nine. From the entry bebark

Meaning of fatally

  1. adverb In a deadly manner; lethally.
  2. adverb Ultimately, with finality or irrevocability, moving towards the demise of something.
  3. adverb Fatedly; according to the dictates of fate or doom.

Full definition of fatally

Questions about fatally in a sentence

How do you use fatally in a sentence?
Fatally is used as an adverb. For example: “Luis got arrested for voluntary manslaughter when he fatally struck Jimmy in a barfight.”
What is a short sentence with fatally?
“He was seriously wounded, perhaps fatally.”
What does fatally mean?
Fatally means in a deadly manner; lethally.

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