The phrase "a tragic year" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a year marked by significant unfortunate events or losses.
Example: "2020 was a tragic year for many due to the global pandemic and its devastating effects."
Alternatives: "a sorrowful year" or "a devastating year".
A tragic year for Indonesia added more deaths and misery.
"Everest seems to attract more climbers after a tragic year," he wrote recently.
"This is a tragic day in what has already been a tragic year for Malaysia," Mr. Najib told reporters in a televised statement from Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian prime minister, Najib Razak, said the terrible and deeply shocking news marked "a tragic day in what has already been a tragic year for Malaysia".
But this has been a tragic year for elite athletes in action, with Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luger, dying a few hours before the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in February after a horrific crash during a training run.
Its 170-odd red-liveried planes are all Airbus A320s, a reliable and safe model used by airlines around the world.This has been a tragic year for South-East Asian air travel.
As The Economist went to press, no survivors had been found.The crash, most probably an accident, comes at the end of a particularly tragic year in South-East Asia's aviation history.
After a brief and tragic year in a refugee camp in the Cote d'Ivoire, she, her mother and her siblings moved to a refugee camp in Ghana.
In a complex, often tragic year, jazz again proved itself an adept reflector and communicator, delivering messages of outrage, solace and hope while giving a voice to what lies beyond words.
Antiviolence initiatives that actually work are desperately needed to cut down on the slaughter that continues with numbing regularity, year after tragic year.
1995 quickly shaped up to be the most tragic year for Japan since the Second World War.
