tragedy
Example Sentences
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“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
Some of the Pope's strongest imagery in the document related to slavery, warning parallels between the historical tragedy of traditional slavery and the emerging threats of "new digital slaveries".
From BBC • May 25, 2026
From every imaginable point of view, the story of the Cuban revolution is a tragedy.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
“Fatherland” shows off Pawlikowski’s exquisite way with black-and-white evocations of European tragedy, but he’s never summed them up as poetically.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
This way he gave the sensation of coming tragedy.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
Vocabulary lists containing tragedy
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