tragic
Example Sentences
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“This is a very tragic and complicated case,” Deputy Public Defender Aaron Kurtzer, who is representing Keenan, said in a statement to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times
"This is devastating news for our Tudor family. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family at this very tragic time."
From BBC
“Othello,” which runs 134 minutes with two intermissions, feels weighed down by overwrought dramatic gestures enacting Shakespeare’s tragic narrative.
Matti Friedman documents their mission in “Out of the Sky,” an account of the personal motivations and tragic fates of these heroic figures of undying Jewish faith.
Nutt said there was a "tragic randomness" and unpredictability to meningitis outbreaks.
From BBC
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