How to Use tragedy in a Sentence

tragedy

noun
  • 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.
  • And that's what caused the tragedy.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Booher lost his best friend in the tragedy.
    — Paul Burton, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Is there any good to come of such tragedy?
    — Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025
  • All the farce, in that way, hints at tragedy.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
  • And that’s part of the tragedy and loss of it.
    — NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
  • On the one hand, that's a tragedy for [her].
    — Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 14 Sep. 2025
  • This is not the first such event to end in tragedy.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Now Lewis was dead, a tragedy with many costs.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
  • This is a tragedy for our country.
    — Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • And that would be the real tragedy.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • This is the domain of grand tragedy.
    — Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Two people died in the tragedy.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
  • And in the midst of this tragedy, God is present.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Let the data and this tragedy lead the way.
    — Jerry Presley, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
  • But that doesn’t make the loss of those lives any less of a tragedy.
    — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 13 Sep. 2022
  • And what if there was a tragedy behind all that?
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
  • But its tragedy was hardly unique.
    — NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The event was postponed in lieu of the tragedy.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
  • How did this high schooler bounce back from tragedy?
    — FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Michael's death was an avoidable tragedy.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Life doesn’t stop when a tragedy like this happens.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
  • Which, of course, compounds the tragedy.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Staff did not want her life to be defined by tragedy.
    — Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • And perhaps there lies the most telling tragedy of all.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
  • So where does that leave us after last week’s tragedies?
    — John J. Donohue, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And that, in and of itself, is kind of a tragedy.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026

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