tragic
Example Sentences
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Is it tragic or comic or neither or somehow all at the same time?
"Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of Nirodha who have suffered a tragic loss," she added.
From BBC
“It’s the tragic result of a system failing to meet the most basic duty of care,” Padilla said in a statement, citing reports of mold in food, unclean drinking water and barriers to medical care.
From Los Angeles Times
He can’t manipulate his family enough; he’s trying, he brings out all the tools — be funny, be nice, everything — but he doesn’t reach them, and it’s tragic.
From Los Angeles Times
He kept reworking the confrontation scene between Salieri and Mozart, the play’s climactic moment in which irony once again gets the better of tragic recognition.
From Los Angeles Times
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