Sentence examples for almost tragic from inspiring English sources

Yet viruses can seem almost tragic.

"Frustrating often," Crocker called him, "sometimes almost tragic in the sense of the fatal flaw.

Mr. Bedford, in particular, discovers an almost tragic pathos in this oft-revisited comedy.

The result for Clinton, Goldberg argues, "is an almost tragic irony.

An eccentric menagerie, they are physically a little manic, but they're also almost tragic in their uncertainty and their melancholy.

After the gracious, buoyant opening movement the concerto has a halting, almost tragic adagio in a siciliano rhythm.

But the effects of war on the US and its allies may end up being almost as tragic.

Today she sees that as almost a tragic condition: "It's just me and it always has been me.

Lao She's own story is almost as tragic — he was persecuted, beaten and humiliated by the Chinese government.

However, despite the crass jollity of the voiceover ("Families – we've all got one!") the scenes frequently feel authentic and, in one case, almost unbearably tragic to watch.

This Jordan was almost a tragic figure, and it helps explain the Crying Jordan meme: if you can't win anymore, you can only lose.