sad spectacle
Example Sentences
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Now many families are unsure whether they will spend the holiday gathered around a majestic tower of greenery — or something more reminiscent of Charlie Brown’s sad spectacle.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2021
For the concert industry, the disastrous failure of the Fyre Festival in the Bahamas was an outlier — a sad spectacle, but an isolated one.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2017
Our sad spectacle: Why is the Alex Jones custody case, being heard in Texas this week, so compelling for us to watch?
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2017
They believe — you have to believe — that being involved in a sad spectacle on national television is better than not being on national television at all.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2015
She was in the crowd that was witnessing the sad spectacle of the man who had been turned into a snake for having disobeyed his parents.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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