Sentence examples for an ongoing tragedy from inspiring English sources

The loss of human lives in Syria, like in Congo, is an ongoing tragedy.

"It's an ongoing tragedy, because the public doesn't realize the importance of archives".

This is an ongoing tragedy," Merryl H. Tisch, the chancellor of the State Board of Regents, said in a statement.

"Today is an ongoing tragedy that's been taking place in Turkey for the past thirty years," Ozuturk told me.

"But it's an ongoing tragedy for lots of people who are dead, and a country that's let down.

Hamas control of Gaza has been an ongoing tragedy: for Palestinians, who have been subjected to an extremist regime which violates the rights of women, gays and other minorities, while using their resources – largely supported by the international community – for amassing rockets and building terror tunnels.

Hashing out new metrics that suggest a large number of attacks is not meant to scare people it's meant to open eyes to a broad, ongoing tragedy, one that is rarely seen in aggregate, but nonetheless continually ravages the nation.

"We must work together to put an end to this ongoing tragedy".

The hymn was translated into other languages as well: while on the Trail of Tears, the Cherokee sang Christian hymns as a way of coping with the ongoing tragedy, and a version of the song by Samuel Worcester that had been translated into the Cherokee language became very popular.

As a result of the ongoing tragedy in Japan, in particular the threat of meltdown or catastrophic radiation release from the Fukushima nuclear power plants, there has been a renewal of the discussion of nuclear power and its risks.

In addition to illustrating the grave risks faced by the extractive industry and companies active in conflict situations, the new report provides sensible recommendations for direly needed urgent actions by governments, corporations, individuals, the UN, and the international community at large to finally call a halt to the ongoing tragedy in the DRC.