How to Use lethal in a Sentence

lethal

adjective

• He was sentenced to death by lethal injection.
• This is when slot-line plays can be lethal.
  — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 9 May 2026
• And of course 100% lethal to the child.
  — Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
• Kratom is legal, and can be lethal.
  — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2026
• And of course 100% lethal to the child.
  — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
• Less lethal force such as a taser was not employed.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
• How are less lethal weapons supposed to be used?
  — Michele Heisler, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026
• The result is poor drainage, which is lethal for most plants.
  — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 10 Mar. 2026
• The virus was lethal, but the scale of our despair was built.
  — Jennifer W. Tsai, STAT, 18 Jan. 2026
• In most of the world’s oceans, such extremes would be lethal to coral.
  — Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
• Pratt has been portraying the city as a lethal hellscape.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
• That running back duo could be lethal late in the season.
  — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• Why were officers not equipped with non-lethal tools?
  — Amy Stoddard, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2026
• All but one were killed by lethal injection.
  — Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2025
• Hopefully these will have a less lethal buzz.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
• Haiti later won a true goal thanks to a lethal shot from Isidor.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 25 June 2026
• Snap traps, glue traps and poison bait stations are lethal for the mouse.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
• The policy goes through when force can be used, non-lethal or lethal.
  — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
• The policy goes through when force can be used, non-lethal or lethal.
  — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
• And for many, homelessness is lethal.
  — Sarah Stella, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
• These will be lethal conditions.
  — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
• These drones — used widely in the war in Ukraine — are small, hard to track and lethal.
  — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
• This leaves the small but lethal matter of chipping and breaking.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026
• The defense insists there is no proof their client gave her husband the lethal dose.
  — Camila Bernal, CNN, 12 June 2023
• There are cool weapons, like a lethal surface-to-air dragon harpoon.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 June 2026
• Smith opted for lethal gas instead, even though the process had not yet been tested.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
• Less lethal tools were also used during the encounter.
  — Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
• The agency's policy goes through when force can be used, non-lethal or lethal.
  — Jennifer Mayerle, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
• Some de-icing agents, like antifreeze, are lethal to pets even in small doses.
  — Riley Rourke, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2026
• Even a fragment of lead as small as a grain of rice can be lethal to a mature bald eagle.
  — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026