tragicomic

Example Sentences

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This tragicomic result winks at the slight but important difference between artistry and stardom.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

But the tale he tells is tragicomic and never less than fascinating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

"Penn is a knockout tragicomic villain: it's his best performance in years," he wrote.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

Paul Murray, another Irish writer, was nominated for “The Bee Sting,” a tragicomic family saga.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2023

Then more and more evil reports began to arrive; at last, a tragicomic tale made the rounds—creating a sensation—of the newspapers, wherein his wife played an unenviable part.

From A Nobleman's Nest by Hapgood, Isabel Florence