tragedies
Example Sentences
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It writes that campaigners for water safety, made up of bereaved families, are sounding the alarm of "open water swimming" amid "40 water-related tragedies this summer".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Titanic” made audiences understand why historic catastrophes are also intimate tragedies.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Coriolanus” has never been one of Shakespeare’s more popular tragedies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Hers was one of many individual tragedies unfolding after quakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 hit in quick succession in northern Venezuela on Wednesday evening, with La Guaira among the worst-affected regions.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
We were like actors who, knowing the play by heart, were still able to cry afresh over the old tragedies and laugh spontaneously at the comic situations.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
