| But Powell's fatalistic words do convey a career military man's appreciation of the arbitrary and capricious nature of war. |
| How many taunts, threats or downright abusive remarks have been reluctantly swallowed with a fatalistic shrug? |
| Audiences must have bought into the fatalistic inevitability of the plot devices. |
| I hate being so fatalistic, but I can't ignore the fear and tension bubbling up inside my mind right now. |
| The irrational fanatics might not heed to reason, but humanitarians must not become fatalistic and drop the guard of eternal vigilance. |
| Contrary to what it might seem this is not a fatalistic or a pessimistic approach, but a realistic one. |
