How to Use fate in a Sentence

fate

1 of 2 noun
  • Her fate was sealed by the marriage arrangement made in her youth.
  • They thought they would never see each other again, but fate brought them back together.
  • One company went bankrupt, and a similar fate befell the other.
  • That wall sealed the flight's fate.
    — James Glanz, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • To find out their fate, watch the movie.
    — Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Matt Shaw soon met the same fate.
    — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • This year’s group have gone big to avoid the same fate.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That was fate, and who on earth can stand against fate?
    — Fatima Bhutto, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Its fate in the House is less clear.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • But the map’s fate remains in doubt.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The outcast must guess their fate.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Only fate knows what’s in store for her.
    — Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The fate of this epic season is at stake.
    — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
  • But no wins and shaky driving stats sealed his fate.
    — Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The Rangers have their fate right now in their own hands.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But fate seemed to have something else in store.
    — Essence, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Orion, if all goes well, will avoid that fate.
    — Brendan Byrne, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Or, just to see what fate might become of me.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
  • In a wacky twist of fate, both of them get knocked up at the same time!
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
  • Win that game, and their hosting fate could change fast.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • For months though, Lim did not know this had been her son’s fate.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • In any case, NTV’s fate was set.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The episode left off with a cliffhanger about Kayce's fate.
    — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
  • And what did that mean about the fate of human beings?
    — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The movie’s fate will be determined in the long run.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Black artists have taken control of their own fate.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
  • His tragic fate seemed almost too much to bear.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • What does a single flake know of its big/little fate?
    — Marianne Boruch, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Less clear is the fate of federal funds.
    — Mimi Whitefield, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Any loss in the final three games likely would seal their fate.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026

fate

2 of 2 verb
  • So it was all very fated in that sense.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2026
  • Both men are quitters, and both of them are resigned to fate.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
  • If so, this romance will feel fated, as if it were meant to be.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Well, that’s a little bit up to them, a little bit up to fate.
    — Hayden Grove, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Just fate, destiny, and divine plans.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 1 June 2026
  • At the very least, everyone seems to make her fate their problem.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2022
  • Still, Tanya Chutkan did not seem fated to take the world by storm.
    — Robert Draper, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Watch out for whatever is fated this go-around.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Did getting more involved in activism as a young teen feel fated in any way?
    — WIRED, 22 June 2023
  • At long last, two characters find their way back to each other — but what hand will fate deal them next?
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The Acura slingshots from curve to fate-tempting curve.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Sep. 2016
  • Like many rags-to-riches stories, the quintet’s rise to fame seemed fated.
    — India Roby, Architectural Digest, 4 May 2026
  • Whether as rebels or loyalists, we’re all fated to be subjects in the kingdom of prep.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Born and raised in Triton, perhaps it was fated that Whalen now a thing or two.
    — Jennifer Billock, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Bannister presents five random strangers on a train, one of whom is fated to die in the next five minutes.
    — Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
  • Years later, the pair is still thinking about their encounter, but will fate bring them together in the end?
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Dec. 2022
  • It’s fated for Anderson to thrive.
    — Maya Alzaben, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The effort was too much and the young animal succumbed to fate, sliding down the snow into the abyss.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Sparkling Miss Camberg was fated to wed the man whose name so closely mirrored her own.
    — Miranda Seymour, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Whatever happens after that is up to fate and the basketball gods.
    — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2026
  • If the person dreamed of you that night, romance was fated by the intelligence of the jungle.
    — Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the dynamism around the 2025 season can only be chalked up to fate and the gridiron gods.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Jan. 2026
  • When Solow died in 2020, Soloviev knew he was fated to take over the business.
    — Reeves Wiedeman, Curbed, 22 June 2026
  • Unfortunately, we are fated to see two versions of the same events every time.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Those who keep going aren’t always confident, or tougher than anyone else, or fated to a grand destiny.
    — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Perhaps this collaboration has been fated for the past 20 years and was well worth the wait.
    — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The results are not pre-selected by some conspiracy, nor are they fated.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • About one-third of the metropolis’s 460 deaths to fate were reported this month alone.
    — Washington Post, 30 July 2020
  • Advertisement All of which is leading to a point that seems to be as familiar as fated to fail.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Instagram's Threads proves that social media is fated to repeat a cycle of life and death.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 6 July 2023

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