Sentence examples for extreme tragedy from inspiring English sources

The strategy was hugely effective at quashing claims, even ones borne of extreme tragedy.

He added: "Failure to follow standard safety procedures is unacceptable in any workplace but on a Vanguard submarine on patrol it could result in extreme tragedy not just for those on board but indeed for the entire planet".

"Li Yan's case tells people that extreme tragedy will happen if an abused woman cannot get effective help from the neighborhood committee, the women's federation, the police," said Feng Yuan, of the Anti-Domestic Violence Network, based in Beijing.

"Failure to follow standard safety procedures is unacceptable in any workplace but on a Vanguard submarine on patrol it could result in extreme tragedy not just for those on board but indeed for the entire planet".

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck held a press conference around noon local time on Monday, speaking mostly in broad generalities about what he called "an extreme tragedy".

But the question these many months later remains: Will Newtown be indelibly etched into the American psyche as the site of an almost unspeakable shooting, or will it be remembered as a town with the fortitude and ability to overcome a horror and come together in the face of extreme tragedy?

In the extreme, tragedies happen, like the massacre at Columbine.

Yet the symbolic afterlife of these events persisted, reinforcing the widespread belief that Africa can only ever be a place of extremes: the "tragedy" and "hope" of the subtitle to "A Continent for the Taking".

In search of positive travel stories highlighting what was once known as "The Pearl of the Caribbean", I was extremely disappointed (though hardly surprised) to only find negative articles detailing the catastrophic earthquake of 2010 paired with horrific tales of violence, extreme poverty and tragedy.

How can we stay happy during times of extreme crisis or tragedy?

And yet when he finally calls Todd at the end of the episode to set up the hit on his former partner, it's treated with an extreme weight and tragedy — not just because this could spell the end of Jesse but because Walter himself is the one doing it.