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 death had been the state's fourth snow slide fatality that month.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 12 June 2025
  • Three of the fatalities have been hit-and-runs.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The death marked the third traffic fatality of the year on city streets.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
  • The high-speed trains now have the worst per-mile fatality rate in the country.
    — Natalia Galicza, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2022
  • There have been no local fatalities in this war yet.
    — Ibrahim Al-Marashi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The death marked the city’s first traffic fatality of the year.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • What firearms are used in fatalities?
    — Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Stone, the lone fatality from the crash, was 63.
    — Deasia Paige, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The two fatalities were female staff members who died at the scene.
    — CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • Last year was the year of the body recovery, lots of fatalities.
    — Gavin Feek, Outside, 31 Dec. 2025
  • There were two fatalities, an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • None of the fatalities have been ruled homicides.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Bites are rare, and fatalities are even rarer.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The death marked the 37th traffic fatality of the year on city streets.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The death marked the 29th traffic fatality of the year on city streets.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The death marked the 24th traffic fatality of the year on city streets.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
  • The death marked the city’s second traffic fatality of the year.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
  • The death was the 24th traffic fatality of the year on city streets.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Two posts saw an increase in fatalities.
    — Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Since then, that stretch has had just one fatality, officials said.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2026
  • The crash is the city’s 49th traffic fatality of the year.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Lowell fatality marked the 9th fire death in the state this year.
    — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The death marks the city’s 11th traffic fatality of the year.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Every year, the fatality list grows longer.
    — Outside, 8 Jan. 2026
  • There were 2 fatalities, an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old.
    — Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • There were 2 fatalities, an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old.
    — Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The fatality was just one of many results from the storm that swept through Arizona this week.
    — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 16 July 2021
  • The deaths are the first two traffic fatalities of the year in Newark, police said.
    — Harry Harris, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025

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