Fatal

Examples

• His labors, however, were interrupt ed by the death of his assistant Flemming, and by his own illness, which proved fatal in 1846, a few months before the actual discovery of Neptune. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• In the fewest words, the Sergeant showed them the evidence of the footmarks, and told them that a fatal accident must have happened to her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Trolley circuits are usually 500 volts, and will kill an animal, but are not necessarily fatal to man. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Ruined by a fatal inheritance, and restored through me! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It is not the daughter of Cadmus I see, nor do I realize her fatal longing to look on Jove in the majesty of his god-head. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Remember we have one possessing the fatal name of Helena here. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Such objections as the above would be fatal to my view, if it included advance in organisation as a necessary contingent. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Morning broke; and the old woman saw the corpse, marked with the fatal disease, close to her; her wrist was livid with the hold loosened by death. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Answer:--which proved fatal to the inquiry for ten years--Mr. Vholes is considered, in the profession, a MOST respectable man. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In 1805 two fatal blows were struck at any hope he may have entertained of ultimate victory, by the British Admirals Calder and Nelson. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• What if their truth could be proved before the fatal words of consent were spoken, and the marriage-settlement was drawn? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Even if we had been able, afterwards, to get into the church, and to burst open the door from that side, the delay must have been fatal. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Margaret would not tell any human being of what she had said, and she did not reveal the fatal termination to Leonards' fall from the platform. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Little need to show that this detested family name had long been anathematised by Saint Antoine, and was wrought into the fatal register. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• But, now I believe that the mark of the red cross is fatal to them, and that they have no part in His mercies. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It is fatal, Mr. Holmes--absolutely fatal. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I dared not ask the fatal question; but I was known, and the officer guessed the cause of my visit. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The man who looks at things differently from others is in such a community a suspect character; for him to persist is generally fatal. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• But as time went on, they accepted everything with some fatal satisfaction. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I do feel that marriage would be fatal, for both of you. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• But now each seemed fearful lest the fatal moment should pass, while the choice was yet undecided. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I want to see whether the objections are fatal, or if they may be explained away. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I have seen it, Herbert, and dreamed of it, ever since the fatal night of his arrival. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Wemmick tightened his post-office and shook his head, as if his opinion were dead against any fatal weakness of that sort. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Which very possibly may be fatal, I have come hither-- Why not say come here, Becky? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• At Crawley's charming little reunions of an evening this fatal amusement commonly was practised--much to good-natured little Mrs. Crawley's annoyance. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• If such a condition as failure of the pump to work for ten minutes had arisen during a descent in the old elastic diving dress the result must necessarily have been fatal. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Some fatal accident has happened to her on those rocks. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The victim of her witcheries can only name the fatal scroll, the spell inscribed on which is, doubtless, the cause of his silence. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

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