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The phrase "a tragic position" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation that is unfortunate or sorrowful, often involving a sense of loss or despair.
Example: "After losing her job and her home, she found herself in a tragic position that seemed impossible to escape."
Alternatives: "a sorrowful state" or "a lamentable situation".
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Tony Blair is "in quite a tragic position" as he wants "another big job but I don't think there's any chance of him getting it" said a former member of his cabinet.
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"It's a tragic situation".
"It's a tragic situation," Freeman added.
"This is a tragic situation".
Unless you have been in the tragic position of having a parent die or a crime perpetrated against you at an early age or have won the lottery and discovered the secret to cold fusion (in which case: stop sitting on that one, we need that), it is almost impossible to have a single experience that you can pick from the lot and say here: this is what made me me.
Despite being a bit Kidulthood on the surface, it's tinged with a tragic sentimentality that positions it closer to Shane Meadows' This Is England.
It was a tragic accident.
But when you look at the high death rates from drug use, that position is a tragic reflection of politics today.
Later, a rant-cum-confessional positions Earn the confessor as a tragic hero, a defeated man still fighting to manifest the flighty dreams in his heart.
A tragic, tragic accident," he said.
What a tragic paradox!
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