Sentence examples for before this tragedy from inspiring English sources

Yet placements were falling short of demand even before this tragedy.

A source close to the investigation said: "We believe they met a few hours before this tragedy".

"No one ever took us seriously before this tragedy," Mustapha abdou-Raouf, a spokesman for SOS, said in a telephone interview.

That's a reflection that should have been reflected in thoughtful manner in the media long before this tragedy occurred – and indeed, had been by some (remember the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert rally in Washington last October).

So we are plunged back into an ecstatically remembered childhood before this tragedy, in which their mother plants a tree that she tells her boys will grow to its maturity long after they have grown to theirs.

Then he added, "I don't think it would be fair for me to say that that's been our motivation because we've done this before this tragedy, and we've always been a highly motivated team".

"What constitutes 'the good life' for me and my family is completely different from what it was before all this tragedy befell us.

Director George Cukor had filmed this tragedy once before, as What Price Hollywood?

We've seen this tragedy before, most recently with the Acura RL.

Having reached K2's summit myself in 1993, I know that many details must still unfold before we can understand this tragedy.

The fact that the people and government of Haiti were struggling in so many ways before January 12th just compounds this tragedy even more.