fateful

Example Sentences

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In August last year, his father received a fateful phone call: "Are you Mr Balde? Do you have a son who is in Morocco?" the voice on the other end asked.

From Barron's

More details are emerging about that fateful weekend, but a full accounting of what transpired has yet to be revealed.

From Los Angeles Times

And after the funeral, Jay runs into the former friend who brought him to that fateful audition as emotional support — and who remains bitter that Jay got the role and “stole his life.”

From Los Angeles Times

What came shortly after “Mellon Collie” and the fateful 1996 tour was nothing short of chaos.

From Los Angeles Times

But the fateful appearance of that mayhem-inducing squirrel was the topper.

From Literature