Sentence examples for devastating tragedy from inspiring English sources

He's passionate about Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon," which he thinks of as both sly satire and devastating tragedy.

In a little-noticed speech in April, James L. Pavitt, the C.I.A.'s deputy director for operations, insisted that the government "could not either prevent or precisely predict the devastating tragedy of the Sept. 11 attacks".

Lucy's mother is unable to tell her daughter she loves her except "when your eyes are closed" and there is a quietly devastating tragedy about the way Lucy endeavours to make peace with this: "I feel that people may not understand that my mother could never say the words I love you… It was all right".

It is visually unlike any film you're likely to see in the near-future, melding periodic fantasy elements with devastating tragedy and authentic humanity.

While I do not know Amanat Singh and her family personally, I can assume none of them expected to face a heinous crime and devastating tragedy when they visited the Oak Creek gurdwara on the morning of August 5.

The deaths of two boys in a car crash has been described as a "devastating tragedy" by one of their teachers.

But you can lean on Erdrich, who has been bringing her healing insight to devastating tragedies for more than 30 years.

As we know from watching media reports in the wake of devastating tragedies involving children who harmed themselves or others, there were often warning signs and red flags that popped up on their social media accounts before the act took place.

We live amidst rapid changes, increasing fears and devastating tragedies.

History teaches us that humans have an incredible ability to overcome adversity and rebuild their lives after devastating tragedies.

Read this book to learn how one woman managed to sustain herself and her family in the face of incredible trials and devastating tragedies.