Sentence examples for experienced tragedy from inspiring English sources

Gilman had experienced tragedy before: his father had walked out on the family when he was a boy, and his mother later committed suicide.

Born into a professional, bourgeois family, the youngest of four brothers, he experienced tragedy early in his life when his mother died when he was eight.

Her family has experienced tragedy, and has become quite dysfunctional, and it is clear that Candice isn't like other normal children.

Though they have experienced tragedy — their bassist, Gerard Smith, died of lung cancer, in 2011 — they have sustained an enjoyably firm sense of self, and have never sounded desperate or trendy.

With the Kennedy clan again in the forefront of people's minds, those from big families said they thought of their own parents and siblings over the years when the Kennedys experienced tragedy.

Although the judge accepted Shuttleworth had experienced tragedy in losing her mother and grandmother following a "troubling" upbringing, he said she had shown a cruel and vicious streak towards Keanu.

"People know that you have experienced tragedies in your life and we are inspired by the way that you have responded to those," Colbert said shortly after welcoming Biden to the stage.

"I was getting a lot of emails from people who had experienced tragedies in their lives, and they said that seeing the show was the first time they felt better after this terrible thing had happened.

Some Salvadorans, like Israel Meléndez, 46, were experiencing tragedy for the second time in a month.

Antoine Fuqua's film, featuring Jake Gyllenhaal as a boxing champion who must fight his way back to the top after experiencing tragedy, also stars Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker and Naomie Harris.

As she was, before 9/11, I remain convinced of the power of everyday ordinary citizens, especially when imbued with passion and the moral authority that comes from experiencing tragedy and fighting to prevent it from happening again.