Sentence examples for largely tragic from inspiring English sources

The list of professional cyclists with depression is a long and largely tragic one.

The story is largely tragic: Poland was once the most diverse country in Europe, home to some 3.5 million Jews at the outbreak of World War II; today, Jews in Poland are thought to number around 25,000.

They cut largely tragic figures, desperately pandering for applause under hot studio lights.

Heart attacks and strokes were largely seen as tragic inevitabilities, thunderbolts that could rarely be predicted or prevented.

And, as they asked Jim Loney, the Canadian peaceworker who was also held hostage, "If the Americans had invaded and occupied your country, would you not have resisted them by all means at your disposal?" I am almost surprised that we were treated so moderately by our captors – apart, that is, from the tragic, largely unexplained, decision to kill Tom Fox, the American Quaker.

Prescription drugs, especially opioid pain relievers such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methadone, have largely driven this tragic increase.

Although the absolute number is small, maternal mortality is tragic, largely because it is often preventable.

The Vendée itself has a tragic and largely untold history, and the park and its central nighttime show partly came into being to voice that.

Together with her sisters Emily and Anne, Brontë led a life that was tedious when it was not tragic: spent largely in rural isolation, and punctuated by the untimely deaths of loved ones and stints teaching and governessing.

Like most people, my life has been personally impacted by this tragic but largely unnecessary epidemic.

Consequently, Islamists' polities have largely been abject, often tragic failures in providing a viable collective life and sound governance.