fateful night

Frequency: 6.00.5 per million words

Used to describe a night that has an important and often negative effect on future events.

fatefulADJECTIVE + NOUN

Categories:

night

Examples (10)

  • It was a fateful night when the decision to go to war was made.
  • The car accident happened on that fateful night in December.
  • She met her future husband on a fateful night at the university library.
  • The stock market crash began on a fateful night of trading.
  • That fateful night changed the course of history forever.
  • He made the wrong turn on a fateful night that led to tragedy.
  • The treaty was signed on a fateful night in Paris.
  • It was a fateful night when the ship hit the iceberg.
  • The robbery occurred on a fateful night when security was down.
  • That fateful night marked the beginning of the end for the empire.