Sentence examples for a general tragedy from inspiring English sources
Nobody's fault, just a general tragedy, like a car accident involving a deer, but different because 1).
Hawke stars alongside Emily Mortimer, Hailee Steinfeld, Emile Hirsch and Asa Butterfield, and is the center of an off-kilter family dealing with an actual tragedy and also the general tragedy of growing up.
As a general rule, tragedy tends not to get invited to any universe that contains Givenchy dresses, or the features of Audrey Hepburn; but Hepburn, this time around, is notable by her absence.
Then there is the general tragedy of the absence of responsible parenting in America.
And it wasn't a general evocation of tragedy, like having children from Newtown sing "America the Beautiful" with Jennifer Hudson.
There was a general refusal to speak of racism or of gun control, lest the tragedy be "politicized".
The General Slocum tragedy reshaped the city's ethnic map, accelerating the dissolution of Little Germany.
The resignation of George Entwistle as the BBC's director general is both a personal tragedy and a hammer-blow for the BBC.
A celebration became a tragedy.
"The death of Trayvon Martin was a devastating tragedy," said US attorney general Eric Holder in a statement.
