Examples of fate in a Sentence
Given what was going on when the magazine was started, Utne Reader seems fated to have happened—it was simply an idea that fit the times.
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Eric Utne, Utne Reader, March/April 1994
It was during this interregnum between the acquisition of regional power and the actual use of it that Henderson was fated to enter the picture.
—Robert D. Kaplan, The Arabists, 1993
Who are my viewing companions at this hour? Dazed and confused, we are isolated in sunken couches, empty beds and cheap hotel rooms across this crumbling nation, one through MTV but fated never to meet.
—Hugh Gallagher, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 1993
the warning that the lack of an advanced education will fate a person to a lifetime of below-average earnings
Eric Utne, Utne Reader, March/April 1994
It was during this interregnum between the acquisition of regional power and the actual use of it that Henderson was fated to enter the picture.
—Robert D. Kaplan, The Arabists, 1993
Who are my viewing companions at this hour? Dazed and confused, we are isolated in sunken couches, empty beds and cheap hotel rooms across this crumbling nation, one through MTV but fated never to meet.
—Hugh Gallagher, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 1993
the warning that the lack of an advanced education will fate a person to a lifetime of below-average earnings
Recent Examples on the Web
And yet as the series expands from and twists around its simple horror concept (a wedding at the groom-to-be’s family house in the woods is fated for a titular dark catastrophe), Morrone’s performance as Rachel is able to shoulder the weight of quite a bit of backstory and a complicated endgame.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026
According to its logline, the eighth and final season will be rooted in the difficult choices and fate each cast member will have to face, some life or death, but will ultimately reflect legacy, conflict, joy, and pain.
—Dominique Fluker, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Bannister presents five random strangers on a train, one of whom is fated to die in the next five minutes.
—Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
Of course, such a peaceful experience can seem impossible when one’s eyes and bones and skull ache deeply during another night spent in the torture chamber (aka the bed), yet surrendering to fate really is all there is.
—Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026
According to its logline, the eighth and final season will be rooted in the difficult choices and fate each cast member will have to face, some life or death, but will ultimately reflect legacy, conflict, joy, and pain.
—Dominique Fluker, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Bannister presents five random strangers on a train, one of whom is fated to die in the next five minutes.
—Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
Of course, such a peaceful experience can seem impossible when one’s eyes and bones and skull ache deeply during another night spent in the torture chamber (aka the bed), yet surrendering to fate really is all there is.
—Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
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“Fate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fate. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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fate
1 of 2 noun
1
: a power beyond one's control that is believed to decide what happens
2
: something that happens as though decided by fate
3
: a final result
4
plural capitalized
: the three goddesses in Greek and Roman mythology who decide the course of human life
Medical Definition
fate
noun
: the expected result of normal development
prospective fate of embryonic cells
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