fatalistic

Example Sentences

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But finding the balance between constructive worry — that is, concern that motivates you to do something — and a sort of fatalistic doom is difficult.

From Washington Post

Among the characters in “Mercury” are a trio of rowdy, fatalistic Italian spinsters, Maria’s great-aunts, whose house is full of plastic figurines of saints who are expected to answer their prayers or face their wrath.

From New York Times

What the show lacks most conspicuously, though, especially given its fatalistic air, is moments of emotional groundedness.

From Washington Post

I’m a fatalistic Celt, and I have the example of my mother and older sister, who died like Russian soldiers at Stalingrad.

From Los Angeles Times

The national discussion wanes, the flowers fade and there's almost a fatalistic attitude about the whole thing.

From Salon