fateful

Example Sentences

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When players refused to sing the national anthem at a game in Australia, they set in motion a fateful series of events.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was a fateful decision, setting in motion a series of events that left them confronting the hardest decision of their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal

These are fateful moments in the turbulent history of the Islamic Republic of Iran - but its most powerful clerics and commanders have been preparing for it.

From BBC

“This fateful operation will continue as long as necessary, and it requires patience,” Netanyahu said.

From The Wall Street Journal

I could feel the magic of it spreading over the mountain, sinking into the ground, and running right up through my feet, bursting with power and fateful glory.

From Literature