Sentence examples for bit of a tragedy from inspiring English sources

Professor Daryl Glaser, head of political studies at Wits University in Johannesburg, told the Times of South Africa: "It is a bit of a tragedy.

"It was better for the overall look of the place, but it was a bit of a tragedy because all the history of the site was buried," Mr. Deason said.

But while some species have adapted to urban environments, he said, "David does a very poignant wrap-up to explain that for most animals, what we are doing to the planet is a bit of a tragedy".

"When I was just out of university, I had gone through a bit of a tragedy with the death (through illness) of my mother, and took to wearing a coat all the time.

I had a bit of a like tragedy, a bit of an upset in the family and I've started again.' (White British, Male, aged 44).

While perhaps dwelling on a bit of tragedy seems fitting for a day that marks the storming of the Bastille, we prefer a more heartwarming note.

"There's some madcap comedy, some Wodehousian dialogue, some romance, even a little bit of some tragedy in it," he said.

Simple things like the tattoos, the tragedy – because you know, I had a bit of tragedy in my life as well.

It really is a bit of tragedy".

There's a bit of tragedy inherent to this, but we also see the vivacity of the two characters, and of the pleasure they each get out of their work.

From the stabbing of a teenager by a lover met in an internet chatroom in Two Boys, to the exploration of Mormon polygamy in Dark Sisters, the 33-year-old likes to put a bit of real human tragedy at the heart of his operas.