Sentence examples for cusp of tragedy from inspiring English sources
Tomkins's profile serves, more generally, as an encapsulation of a carefree generation blissfully unaware that it's on the cusp of tragedy.
Like an alchemist transforming pain into laughter, he revealed the anguished private dialogues he held with his heart attack and with the pipe through which he had freebased cocaine, balancing on the cusp of tragedy and absurdity.
Wintour revealed those moments that only the sleep-deprived, neurotic intensity of an election campaign can produce, moments that hover on the cusp of comedy and tragedy.
Whyman's production cannily suggests that the catastrophe of George and Martha and campus newcomers Nick and Honey, who unwisely accept an invitation for a late-night drink, is a very American tragedy set on the cusp of a fast-changing world.
"While Sept. 11 made many things more difficult, it also opened up the possibility of fixing some of the problems we had prior to the tragedy when we were right on the cusp of becoming a 24/7 community".
"It's really a tragedy when you realize, God, we lost this guy on the cusp of something amazing," Mr. McDermott said.
He was on the cusp of 18.
"We're on the cusp of something".
Everything is on the cusp of change.
