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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : feyt-fuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfeɪt fəl |
Definition of fateful
Origin :- 1710s, "prophetic," from fate + -ful. Meaning "of momentous consequences" is from c.1800. Related: Fatefully.
- adj significant
- adj deadly
- On this fateful day, she alone was oppressed with strange forebodings.
- Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
- The continued shocks since that fateful night of the cards had told upon me.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The fateful exodus of the day had evidently slipped his memory entirely.
- Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame
- The fateful day had come and gone, yet London stood where it did before.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- The three weeks prior to the fateful fourteenth had been crowded with activities.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- One fateful evening the reading was interrupted by the arrival of Mr. Kendall.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- Schofield stood as one stupefied, staring blankly at the fateful words.
- Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams
- There was something suddenly strange and fateful about it all to Charmian.
- Extract from : « The Coast of Bohemia » by William Dean Howells
- I hadn't so long to wait as most folks had—no longer than an hour of that fateful night.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
- Matters lay in a condition of suspense until the fateful hour.
- Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
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