Fateful has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Parents try not to think about it, hoping that if they blot the children out, the fateful call or cable will never come. | |
| 2. | Under Bouteflika, Algeria made many fateful economic errors. | |
| 3. | In what would prove to be a fateful decision, he and his wife enjoyed brunch at a fancy resort. | |
| 4. | Yanni made a fateful decision. |