How to Use fatally in a Sentence

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• They had both been fatally stabbed.
  — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
• As Wiles left the store, he was fatally shot.
  — Caroline Zimmerman may 19, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
• His car was ambushed, and he was fatally shot at point-blank range.
  — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• The 31-year-old man was found fatally shot in brush.
  — Mike Stunson, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
• His cousin, standing next to him on the boat, was fatally shot in the chest.
  — Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 31 May 2026
• The boy fatally shot himself in the chest.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
• Both appeared to have been fatally shot.
  — Reed Williams, AJC.com, 16 May 2026
• Izzy was standing next to his mother when she was fatally shot.
  — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
• Deputies tried to stop him but ended up fatally shooting the son.
  — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
• The six men were alone at the time when they were fatally shot, officials said.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2022
• Nina wound up on the losing end, fatally stabbed by the princess.
  — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Jan. 2025
• Hammoud has said the man who was fatally shot by police was the same man who set the fire.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2022
• McGinnis then took the weapon and fatally shot him.
  — CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
• Stacey tried to wrestle the weapon free and the gun went off, fatally shooting him in the chest.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2023
• Her run on the series came to an end when her character was fatally struck by a taxi.
  — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
• By this time last year, there had been 10 people shot, three of whom were shot fatally.
  — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2025
• Three people were fatally shot, and five were injured.
  — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 25 Oct. 2025
• Alexander was heading home after a night out when she was fatally shot.
  — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026
• Vicky White fatally shot herself in the head as police closed in.
  — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 12 May 2022
• Each playoff pitching staff seems fatally flawed, yet one of them has to survive to the end.
  — The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
• Two people were fatally shot and eight injured.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
• Any trip back in time that begins as a quest for heroes or villains is fatally flawed from the start.
  — Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
• Collins held Weiss at gunpoint and fatally shot Weiss in the face.
  — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
• Roemer was found zip-tied to a chair in his home and had been fatally shot, the official said.
  — Dave Kolpack and Mike Balsamo, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2022
• The mountain lion approached the duo again, but this time, the man fatally shot the big cat.
  — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 3 June 2025
• But then one of the suspects fired once, fatally shooting Schmidt in the chest.
  — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 30 June 2026
• The driver of the fourth semi-truck was fatally injured and died.
  — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 25 June 2026
• When police returned fire, he was fatally shot.
  — Joe Holden, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
• There, officers found Muthana, who had been fatally shot in the chest.
  — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
• America was fatally slow to respond to the full threat of fascism the last time around.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2022