tragedies

Example Sentences

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We’ve traveled together, attended each other’s weddings, and borne our hurts and tragedies together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Dyer's great-grandmother said her grandson had been the family's "final beacon of hope" after a "relentless sequence of tragedies".

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

In both residential areas, the tragedies were met with an outpouring of shock, grief and demands for answers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Boy Moms stand alone, the main characters in what often seem like one-woman romantic tragedies of doomed longing.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

Was it because of the time she’d taken off, or the fact—as she was starting to realize—that she had no desire to tunnel into hard stories and bitter tragedies?

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng