TRAGEDY in a Sentence
Learn TRAGEDY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
100 example sentences for TRAGEDY, such as:
1. The whole affair ended in tragedy.
2. There is nothing of tragedy about her.
3. The loss was a tragedy for all concerned.
4. Every tragedy makes heroes of common people.
5. The court ordered a fresh inquest into the tragedy.
2. There is nothing of tragedy about her.
3. The loss was a tragedy for all concerned.
4. Every tragedy makes heroes of common people.
5. The court ordered a fresh inquest into the tragedy.
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Meanings and Examples of TRAGEDY
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tragedy
n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
n. drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity
Classic Sentence: (69 in 5 pages)
1 The Daily Telegraph remarked that in the history of crime there had seldom been a tragedy which presented stranger features.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2 I feel as if I could be anything or everything; as if I could rant and storm, or sigh or cut capers, in any tragedy or comedy in the English language.
3 Though Julia fancies she prefers tragedy, I would not trust her in it.
4 There is nothing of tragedy about her.
5 He thought no more of the matter until he heard in the evening of the tragedy that had occurred.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
6 I can assure you that it has nothing to do with the sad tragedy which followed.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
7 He was deeply impressed with the curse which hung over the family, and when this tragedy came I naturally felt that there must be some grounds for the fears which he had expressed.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
8 In every way it corresponded with the scene of the old tragedy.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
Context Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
9 I could only check it by finding if she had, indeed, instituted divorce proceedings against her husband at or about the time of the tragedy.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
Context Highlight In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
10 The tragedy was still black enough, but this man had at least deserved death by the laws of his country.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
Context Highlight In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
11 The tragedy has been so uncommon, so complete and of such personal importance to so many people, that we are suffering from a plethora of surmise, conjecture, and hypothesis.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
12 The tragedy, then, occurred on Wednesday or Tuesday or earlier.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
13 There was absolutely nothing in their mutual relations to prepare people for the tragedy which was to follow.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VIII. The Adventure of The Crooked Man
Context Highlight In VIII. The Adventure of The Crooked Man
14 Convinced that some tragedy had occurred, the coachman rushed to the door and strove to force it, while scream after scream issued from within.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VIII. The Adventure of The Crooked Man
Context Highlight In VIII. The Adventure of The Crooked Man
15 There was none, however, which appealed to me like this tragedy of Ronald Adair.
Example Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1 The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations.
2 She was too exhausted and distressed to talk about the tragedy.
3 Investigators are searching the wreckage of the plane to try to find the cause of the tragedy.
4 This latest tragedy merely confirms my view that the law must be tightened.
5 The world is comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.
6 The whole affair ended in tragedy.
7 The catastrophe of a tragedy usually brings death or ruin to the leading character.
8 Every tragedy makes heroes of common people.
9 The loss was a tragedy for all concerned.
10 The court ordered a fresh inquest into the tragedy.
11 The report says design faults in both the vessels contributed to the tragedy.
12 It's difficult to grasp the sheer enormity of the tragedy.
13 The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imagination.
14 Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels.
15 The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss.