tragedies
Example Sentences
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Generally, these tragedies cause a moment of concern... but then things go back to how they were.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Titanic” made audiences understand why historic catastrophes are also intimate tragedies.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
The good kind includes security alliances and trade deals to advance U.S. interests, plus efforts to solve tragedies of the commons like overfishing or Ebola.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Coriolanus” has never been one of Shakespeare’s more popular tragedies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Out of the horrific tragedies of lynchings and race riots would come an awakening of black America.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
