How to Use fatality in a Sentence

fatality

noun

• The car crash caused one fatality and several serious injuries.
• The death marks the fifth fire fatality in the city this year.
  — Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
• The fatalities there are already in the hundreds and this is just the beginning.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
• The driver’s death is the 21st traffic fatality so far this year in Kansas City.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
• The first crash occurred around 4:30 a.m. on East Mission Road, less than 3 miles from the second fatality.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2024
• Biden’s comments were his first on the wildfires since the number of fatalities surpassed over the weekend.
  — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
• The raid was the latest episode in a year that is already on pace to be one of the deadliest for Palestinians, with more than 150 fatalities.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
• The crash marked the ninth traffic fatality this year on San Jose streets — six of which have involved pedestrians.
  — Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
• Ten of the 13 fatalities listed the place of death as a residence, coroner’s data show.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• Across Israel and inside the Gaza Strip, the sheer scale of deaths, the numbing numbers of fatalities, are overwhelming the living.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• At least 11 Americans were among the fatalities, and more are believed to be taken hostage.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2023
• Part of that story is the death toll from the cold front, now at 14 after five more fatalities were reported Tuesday.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
• Frontal airbags reduce fatalities by 14% when no seat belts were used, and 11% when seat belts were used in conjunction with frontal airbags, the agency said.
  — Amanda Maile, ABC News, 16 May 2023
• In addition to the ten fatalities, 30 people were wounded in the shooting, the AP reports.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
• However, no fatalities have been reported in the town or elsewhere in the state.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
• Diaz-Balart said that while touring the building, he was struck by how fast the lives were lost — all the fatalities happened within the attack’s first four minutes.
  — Terry Spencer and Freida Frisaro, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
• The shooting is one of the first fatalities involving Park Police in which body-camera footage is available.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• Mayor Justin Elicker told the station that there were no fatalities.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 2 June 2023
• This is not the first time a TikTok challenge has resulted in fatalities or injuries.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
• The fires have caused 111 fatalities at the time of this writing and that number is still expected to increase, according to Maui County.
  — Victor Ordonez, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2023
• Wednesday’s fatality represents the eighth person to die in a fire in Anchorage so far this year.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
• The fatality happened about 2:20 p.m. Monday near the West Blossom Way crossing.
  — Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
• More racing:Churchill Downs suffers eighth horse fatality in past three weeks 6.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 17 May 2023
• Three fatalities were confirmed on-scene, and at least 14 people were injured.
  — Zach Mentz, cleveland, 12 July 2023
• While dozens of rescues have been made, no fatalities have been reported.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2023
• Trey Adkins, a county supervisor, was on the scene that day as an excavator tore into the first house, the site of the lone fatality.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 30 July 2023
• Sylvia Ruud’s death was the sixth fire fatality in St. Paul this year, including four children who perished after a fire in their home on Jan. 3.
  — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 12 Feb. 2024
• The 2023 Florida State Seminoles are the final fatality of a flawed format.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
• Arrest records show Randolf Aguirre was released from a state prison just seven weeks before the fatality.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
• Yet proponents of a ban argue that a sudden spike in fatalities, many of which were caused by bully XLs, demonstrates the need for further action.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024