tragic
Example Sentences
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Tell me all you can about how the Pickled Onion’s husband came to his tragic end, if you feel that you won’t put anyone in danger.
From Literature
“The paltry percentage of the total that these men will realize, especially in light of the hundreds of millions of dollars of professional fees that have resulted from this bankruptcy, is beyond tragic.”
He warned people to "be mindful of sharing footage on social media given the impact this will have on all the families involved in such a tragic incident".
From BBC
Legxacy is a mercurial figure – a musical polymath, defiantly original, who has largely stopped speaking in public, partly due to the tragic backstory behind his latest mixtape.
From BBC
Meanwhile, the cases stack up, among them the minor and the tragic.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.