How to Use tragedy in a Sentence
tragedy
noun- Her son's death was a terrible tragedy.
- The situation ended in tragedy when the gunman shot and killed two students.
- The students are studying Greek tragedy.
- The biggest tragedy here is that the accident could have easily been prevented.
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This was the first full season of business for Knaus in the wake of tragedy.
— Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2024 -
The loss of the space shuttle was a wrenching tragedy for NASA, the nation, and the world.
— Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2023 -
And that would be a tragedy—whether the ancient Greeks would agree or not.
— Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023 -
Her death was the greatest tragedy of his life, Bird said.
— Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024 -
The Celtics felt the impact of losing Lewis on and off the court for decades, and the tragedy still brings tears to our eyes.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023 -
Mike is no stranger to tragedies in the line of duty, either.
— Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024 -
This isn’t good enough for a lot of the townsfolk, who are still angry over the tragedy.
— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2023 -
The jury found me in part at fault for this god-awful tragedy.
— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Apr. 2024 -
To fail to act, and watch this number increase, would be more than a tragedy.
— Peter Sands, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023 -
Yet his question about Carter has nothing to do with the tragedy.
— Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023 -
But as the film was in post-production, tragedy struck.
— Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2024 -
But tragedy struck when he was asked to compare himself to Cher.
— Vulture, 16 Aug. 2023 -
The body’s loss happens to us all, but doesn’t the soul always perceive it as a tragedy?
— Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024 -
Moskowitz, the local congressman, said the mass tragedy has led to some change but more needs to be done.
— Alaa Elassar, CNN, 4 Aug. 2023 -
His influence is one of the reasons this record ends in tragedy.
— Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023 -
Groff makes clear that Frank’s is a tragedy of weakness, not simply of greed.
— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2023 -
There was so much tragedy in this little window of time.
— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023 -
First, a few words honoring the victims of the Lewiston tragedy.
— Mira Ptacin, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2023 -
So this is just one of those huge tragedies that hit our family.
— Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023 -
But for the past few years, there’s been turbulence and tragedy at the company.
— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2023 -
The tragedy of the war in Ukraine moved Icekson, whose relatives perished in the Holocaust.
— Sonel Cutler, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Feb. 2023 -
The tragedy unfolded around 3 a.m. Wednesday off the coast of Labadie in northern Haiti.
— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 July 2024 -
His death was one of a handful of tragedies the Carter family dealt with in recent years.
— Kelsie Hoffman, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2024 -
But Wednesday’s episode again ended in tragedy, as Noah was the body inside the barrel.
— Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024 -
In Kansas, Emily faces a world disrupted by drought, dust storms and a personal tragedy that leaves her beloved niece on their doorstep.
— Rachel Raposas, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024 -
The Associated Press reported that visitors were boarding a ferry to take them back to the mainland when the tragedy unfolded.
— David Chiu, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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