Examples of 'tragic' in a sentence

Meaning of "tragic"

Tragic (adjective): Involving or causing extreme sadness, sorrow, or disaster. 'Tragic' is often used to describe events, situations, or characters in literature, film, or real life that evoke deep emotions of sympathy or grief
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  • Causing great sadness or suffering.
  • Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
  • Having been the victim of a tragedy.
  • Cringeworthy; tryhard; unhip; embarrassing; hopeless; indicative of (or having) a chronic lack of self-awareness.

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Other witnesses reported tragic incidents at checkpoints.
The tragic psychological consequences are easily imagined.
This reality is both tragic and inexcusable.
Their tragic history is not widely known.
We will make her tragic end a legend.
Tragic is the fate of lonely old men.
We have had one tragic death already.
The tragic story is familiar to everyone here.
That play ends in a tragic double suicide.
Tragic story with the mauled panda.
He warned of the tragic consequences of a civil war.
Tragic romances always have a happy ending.
You saw the tragic state she was in.
Tragic he died two months before then.
They also have tragic humanitarian consequences.

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I would say that would be a tragic mistake.
The most tragic cases are the following.
Some of those incidents had tragic consequences.
This most tragic of revolutions can be no exception.
Something far more tragic has happened.
It is tragic that he did not live to see it fulfilled.
It will not seem so tragic in the morning.
What tragic lives some people lead.
And wrought this tragic drama of love.
Other tragic vicissitudes hit the country.
Recently lost partner in tragic freeway accident.
The tragic mistake affected many people.
There is certainly a tragic aspect to the character.
So tragic a ritual can have no good end.
I have some tragic news for you.
So tragic and romantic in a kind of shakespearean way.
There is nothing tragic about my date tonight.
The second story is even more tragic.
It would be too tragic if the men of goodwill.
Unemployment in developing countries is also a tragic evil.
This is a tragic day for our country.
Their closeness stems from a tragic bond.
There was a tragic plane crash last night.
The situation of the population remains tragic.
If something tragic or depraved happened to someone else.
This situation can have tragic consequences.
After a tragic event occurred in the house.
Many times he discussed tragic current events.
So these tragic events claimed a second life.
This may have been a deeply tragic mistake.
From something tragic is something beautiful emerged.
The terrorists are forcing us to make a tragic choice.
I see myself as a tragic character from a play.
The situation of that continent is truly tragic.
I think human consciousness was a tragic misstep in evolution.

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