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Example sentences for: tragic

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Though the Globe doesn't say so, it was surely an end that was both tragic and brave.
Technorealism will be seen by history as a tragic movement.
In his awkward novel, Rosen captures two awkward, important truths about anorexia: that its peculiar logic is not just tragic but comic, and that despite the fascination it holds for those who suffer from it, and for those who seek to make sense of it, anorexia is in fact quite boring.
"There was a tragic element to his life story," waxed the New York Times . Cisneros is the second ex-Clinton Cabinet officer to be indicted--following Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy--and would have been the third, according to pundits, if Commerce Secretary Ron Brown hadn't died in a plane crash.
What can I say or do to convey to my boyfriend's mother that this is a blessing and not a tragic event?