fatalistic

Example Sentences

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Still, he urged students not to be fatalistic about it.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

I do not say this to be fatalistic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Mays, in the time I’ve known him, has been realistic rather than fatalistic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2025

Instead, we’re stuck with people like Vance, who offer bromides at best and fatalistic narratives of doom at worst.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2024

His sister stayed because her fatalistic heart told her that the lethal sickness would follow her, no matter what, to the farthest corner of the earth.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez