How to Use mortally in a Sentence

mortally

adverb
  • I'm mortally certain that I've seen that guy before.
  • As the porter fought back, his assailant slumped, mortally stricken.
    — The Economist, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Four of the victims were killed outright, and the fifth was mortally wounded.
    — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 12 June 2017
  • For years, all four insisted the group was mortally wounded, if not dead.
    — Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The girls crashed the car and the grandfather was mortally injured.
    — Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2021
  • The 23-year-old man then fired a gun at Phillips, mortally wounding him.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Olmos was found alone and mortally wounded in the stairwell.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Cops found the mortally 8-year-old boy in the apartment, officials said.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 5 July 2024
  • However, he's also mortally wounded in the process and dies on the scene.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The 600-foot-long cruiser, mortally wounded, sank on the way to port.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Harwood was struck three times, and Morisson was struck once, mortally wounding both.
    — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
  • One of the men on the sidewalk was mortally wounded while the other pulled a gun and returned fire, police say.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Not so Morrison, who dropped to the ground, mortally wounded.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2021
  • Miller was ordered to the bridge to evacuate the ship's captain, who lay mortally wounded.
    — CBS News, 19 Jan. 2020
  • The bear crashed through a bannister as Mauldin emptied the gun and slid down the stairs, mortally wounded.
    — Jesse Bedayn, ajc, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The bear crashed through a bannister as Mauldin emptied the gun and slid down the stairs, mortally wounded.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The friends fired their guns at each other, but Caleb was quicker, mortally wounding his comrade in the process.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 28 Apr. 2020
  • The mother, mortally wounded, was able to call 911.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Apis is a blowhard, a bully and a fool, but still smarter than his three recruits, all of them mortally ill, presumably with nothing to lose.
    — Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2017
  • After being mortally wounded, Zeus transforms her into a pine tree to save her life.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • A little over a minute later, Yanez had fired seven shots and Castile was mortally wounded.
    — CBS News, 6 June 2017
  • The couple freezes to death, and Alex is mortally injured with frostbite and hypothermia.
    — Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 6 Apr. 2025
  • There was some kind of confrontation near homes on Knoll and more than one deputy fired at the man, mortally wounding him, Keim said.
    — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 July 2017
  • But a piece of shrapnel managed to puncture the thick, steel shutter and the thick glass window of the shelter, mortally wounding the boy.
    — New York Times, 14 May 2021
  • One of the victims was killed in the street while the other was mortally wounded and later died at a hospital, Bruce said.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2020
  • In one version of the story, Arbuckle threw Rappe onto the bed and mortally crushed her with his bulk.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The occupant of the home shot at the medics, mortally wounding Ulmschneider.
    — Jessica Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 3 May 2018
  • At one moment, the grandmother’s car knocks down an animal, maybe a goat, leaving it mortally wounded.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Shot in the abdomen, Quillian fell mortally wounded at Saint-Ló.
    — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 3 June 2018
  • One of the gunman's shots struck Wallace in the chest, mortally wounding the child who passed away from his injuries at an area hospital.
    — Fox News, 8 June 2021

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