sad spectacle

It will be a sad spectacle, watching Romney limp into the convention.

It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.'

Captain Walker dashed into the street; to the end of the quay; and there a sad spectacle greeted his eager gaze.

What a true mirror Were this sad spectacle for secure greatness!

In despair, the unfortunate chief hung himself on the very spot where he first discovered this sad spectacle.

It is a sad spectacle to behold a unique binding wasted on a book of no more value than a backgammon board.