tragedy

Example Sentences

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"They've walked through hell. The warmer we welcome them, there will be fewer tragedies"

From BBC

Ben Hania’s last film was another bold meshing of the factual and the fictionalized, the hybridized Oscar-nominated documentary “Four Daughters,” in which a real Tunisian family processes personal tragedy through role-playing for the director’s camera.

From Los Angeles Times

Jewish community leaders have in recent days suggested the tragedy was an inevitable result of Australia struggling to address rising antisemitism.

From BBC

"This is a devastating tragedy that has befallen the Reiner family," he said.

From Barron's

“This is a devastating tragedy that has befallen the Reiner family,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal