tragedy
Example Sentences
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All officials could do was spray cool water on the tank, hoping that by cooling it down, tragedy could be avoided.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
But tragedy struck when both ships became imprisoned in ice in freezing temperatures in 1846.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
“American Rambler” ends with the story of the Fitzgerald family’s latest tragedy: heartbreaking, harrowing and eloquently told.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
From every imaginable point of view, the story of the Cuban revolution is a tragedy.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
The difference between Euripides’ Medea and Apollonius’ heroine and also Virgil’s Dido is in its degree a measure of what Greek tragedy was.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing tragedy
Ancient Greece - Introductory
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