Sentence examples for abrupt tragedy from inspiring English sources
Jay Gatsby "sprang from his Platonic conception of himself," and his exuberant ambitions and his abrupt tragedy have merged with the story of America, in its self-creation and its failures.
This autobiography, Ballard's last work, retains the forensic poise of his fiction, the Ballardian restraint, through monstrosities of violence witnessed by a child; disconsolate urban debris; the drabness of a conservative country that does not know that its past is all it has (here England is a ghost story, while the US is science fiction); heartbreaking and abrupt personal tragedy.
The trade-off here is that with the lighthearted tone so well established, the play's abrupt shift toward tragedy makes the gears of the production grind audibly.
Many millions of viewers were shocked, and almost all taken aback by the abrupt realization of tragedy amid much-loved national television and after riotous laughter to that sudden and bitter end.
Change, though often painfully slow, can sometimes occur with abrupt haste when tragedies become catalysts to unite people of good will and faith for the common good and the advancement of social justice.
In "Living Out" she decided to emphasize the situation's serious aspects by having the play take an abrupt turn from comedy to tragedy.
The roots of Iraq and Afghanistan's tragedy lie in the abrupt and imposed nature of change.
"Milk" is a rowdy anthem of triumph, brought to an abrupt halt by Milk's personal tragedies and the unfathomable moral chaos of Dan White.
He called her abrupt resignation from the Getty last fall a tragedy.
The relationship comes to an abrupt halt when Angela suffers a real tragedy — which a priest tells her is divine retribution for her sins with Mark.
Every portal of contact, from the mail-outs and links in my inbox, to the "seen this?" suggestions of my friends, colleagues and distant cartoon avatars are bringing me abrupt announcements of political travesties and celebrity tragedies.
