Sentence examples for marked by tragic from inspiring English sources

Out of a life marked by tragic adversity Issa created poetry of sentimental simplicity, and his empathy even with flies and other insects endeared him to the Japanese people.

He added, "In the Middle East, marked by tragic suffering, by years of violence and unresolved tensions, Christians are called to offer their contribution, inspired by the example of Jesus, of reconciliation and peace through forgiveness and generosity".

The last year has been marked by tragic coincidences between real-life and fiction.

On days that are marked by tragic loss, mourning, or solemn remembrance of past events, flags shouldn't be flown at the top of flag poles.

Yet Brown's life continued to be marked by difficulties, including the tragic death of his third wife, charges of drug use, and a period of imprisonment for a 1988 high-speed highway chase in which he tried to escape pursuing police officers.

"However, as Chinese have been deeply marked by the Cultural Revolution and tragic experiences of some foreign countries, they are willing to seek change while remaining wary of 'revolution'".

In 1996, the Nobel Prize laureate published News of a Kidnapping, in which he recounts the tragic reality of Columbia, a reality marked by violence and kidnappings.

Communist rule was marked by disappearances and repression, but the country completely escaped the tragic animosity and carnage that plagued its neighbors in the 1990's.

Irvine's death, which will be marked by a memorial party at his studio Monday evening, is a tragic loss, but the legacy of his unofficial role as cultural attaché to the design industry will endure in the finer qualities of Milan's design jamboree.

"He was witness to the tragic age of big ideologies, totalitarian regimes, and from their passing John Paul II embraced the harsh suffering, marked by tension and contradictions, of the transition of the modern age toward a new phase of history, showing constant concern that the human person be its protagonist," Benedict said at the Mass.

The subsequent fate of the peaceful original inhabitants remains one of the more tragic episodes in the development of the entire region, while the early attempts at European-dominated settlement were marked by intense national rivalries, interspersed with long periods of lawlessness and piracy.