How to Use tragedy in a Sentence

tragedy

noun
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  • Her son's death was a terrible tragedy.
  • The situation ended in tragedy when the gunman shot and killed two students.
  • The students are studying Greek tragedy.
  • The biggest tragedy here is that the accident could have easily been prevented.
  • This was the first full season of business for Knaus in the wake of tragedy.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The loss of the space shuttle was a wrenching tragedy for NASA, the nation, and the world.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2023
  • And that would be a tragedy—whether the ancient Greeks would agree or not.
    — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The next part is some road trip trying to find this guy, and then the end is tragedy.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Her death was the greatest tragedy of his life, Bird said.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The Celtics felt the impact of losing Lewis on and off the court for decades, and the tragedy still brings tears to our eyes.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
  • Mike is no stranger to tragedies in the line of duty, either.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
  • This isn’t good enough for a lot of the townsfolk, who are still angry over the tragedy.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The lowering of the flags will be to honor the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy.
    — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 13 Dec. 2022
  • This is a terrible tragedy and a great loss to our state.
    — Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The jury found me in part at fault for this god-awful tragedy.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Apr. 2024
  • To fail to act, and watch this number increase, would be more than a tragedy.
    — Peter Sands, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Yet his question about Carter has nothing to do with the tragedy.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But as the film was in post-production, tragedy struck.
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Life itself, with all its toil, drudgery, tragedy, and pain, is weighty enough.
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Wednesday marks the 10-year remembrance day of the tragedy.
    — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Thanks to the visit from the president the tragedy of the South Bronx became a headline.
    — Cary Goodman, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
  • But tragedy struck when he was asked to compare himself to Cher.
    — Vulture, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The body’s loss happens to us all, but doesn’t the soul always perceive it as a tragedy?
    — Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
  • That's the tragedy at the heart of this incredible story about all the ways we (dis)connect.
    — The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Moskowitz, the local congressman, said the mass tragedy has led to some change but more needs to be done.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 4 Aug. 2023
  • His influence is one of the reasons this record ends in tragedy.
    — Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Groff makes clear that Frank’s is a tragedy of weakness, not simply of greed.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2023
  • There was so much tragedy in this little window of time.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023
  • First, a few words honoring the victims of the Lewiston tragedy.
    — Mira Ptacin, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2023
  • That family tragedy at what seemed to be the end of his political career was a bookend to the one at its beginning, when his first wife and baby daughter, Naomi, were killed in a car crash.
    — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025

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