Sentence examples for if tragic from inspiring English sources

That's just the way these lovable if tragic lunkheads are.

But unanticipated natural disasters provide an unusual, if tragic, opportunity to investigate this question.

As if tragic Charles Kennedy wasn't enough, this weekend there is Kenny Sansom, former England and Arsenal first-team regular, all over the tabloids, despairing of life after decades of alcoholism.

Two outside experts this month concluded, for example, that the shooting of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy in Cleveland who was carrying a toy gun, was a "reasonable" if tragic response.

David Jones ended up doing it, and it's one of the treasures in the series -- something rarely seen, and an authentic, if tragic, love story, beautifully played by Judi Dench and Jeremy Irons.

In spite of Lord Grantham's blood-spurting Tarantino moment, some terrific (if tragic) motor racing and an adorable new puppy to replace Isis, it has been a miserable series, cursed by the dullest storyline ever, about hospitals, and Lady Mary's tedious indecisions of the heart.

If this tragic scenario sounds familiar, that's because it is.

Sadly admissions and apologies will matter little if such tragic cases keep occurring".

"It won't help the condors if something tragic happens," Dr. Meretsky said.

"You don't know what will happen in Venezuela if something tragic were to happen to the president," he said.

As such, his pessimistic interpretations of his patients' conflicts were inseparable from a dark, if not tragic, view of civilization.