Sentence examples for a local tragedy from inspiring English sources

And now you've got this, a local tragedy and a national catastrophe".

She predicted in an interview with the Guardian that Balls's actions would lead to a "local tragedy and a national catastrophe" for child protection.

Few remember how Lilly and the other women managed to transform a local tragedy into a national event and so save their men.

But it didn't take a genius to suggest that a local paper should attempt to raise money following a local tragedy.

When there is a local tragedy – fishermen drowned at sea, teenagers killed in a bad road collision – the parish priest still speaks for the people, and organises the rites of passage.

The decision by the children's secretary, Ed Balls, to send in three inspectors to review the activities of all the agencies concerned has turned a local tragedy into a national political issue.

As 2017 looms, if we really want to rein in mass shootings, Americans need to find a way to let no incident of mass gun violence be a merely local tragedy.

The effect of the media transformed what very likely would have been just another local tragedy affecting a few families into an international event that provided a stage for opposing interest groups.

Unexpectedly, Katie and the team found their plans to celebrate their victory with a night of line dancing at a local bar colliding with both local tragedy and national news.

Curiously, the local tragedy best remembered in the town took place half a century ago on 13 November 1960 when the local cinema caught fire while children were watching a film on the Algerian uprising and at least 199 were burned to death.

They were talking about the Attrells, "They are our local tragedy," one of them said.