How to Use tragic in a Sentence

tragic

adjective
  • They both died in a tragic car accident.
  • Their deaths were tragic and untimely.
  • Romeo and Juliet's tragic love affair.
  • We saw a tragic play about a man with AIDS.
  • The tragic loss of my friend @jasonkaplan.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The other side of the coin is tragic.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2025
  • At first, that seems at odds with Aleys’s tragic fate.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • We are shocked by the tragic events today.
    — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But the race has taken a tragic toll, too.
    — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • So a bad story wasn’t a tragic one.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
  • His tragic fate seemed almost too much to bear.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The story then took a deeply tragic turn.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
  • This was a senseless and tragic loss.
    — Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This was a senseless and tragic loss.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This was a senseless and tragic loss.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This brings the note of tragic kingship.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • And then there are tragic losses.
    — Eric Ducker, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
  • There’s no one this is more tragic for than Henry.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
  • But the boys who turn their attention to the duo meet a tragic demise.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2024
  • This is not just the story of that tragic moment and that heinous crime.
    — Samantha Balaban, NPR, 14 June 2025
  • We are so deeply shattered by this tragic and senseless loss.
    — Tony Aiello, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Gorbachev seems to come out of your gallery of tragic figures.
    — Roberto Brunelli, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Then something tragic takes place.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
  • That should be the end of our story, but there is a tragic postscript.
    — Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
  • Because there's a lot of beauty that can stem from such tragic times.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Many of the most compelling love stories are tragic ones.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • And that’s what’s so tragic about the end of Eleven’s story.
    — Andrew McGowan, Variety, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The wish comes true, but at the cost of tragic consequences.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
  • Because to us, the most funny things are right next to the most tragic things.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
  • As seen here, the consequences are once again tragic.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025

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