Sentence examples for past tragedy from inspiring English sources
"He developed empathy for the other side, for its past tragedy and its present tragedy.
The latter include Berlin and Dresden, places where past tragedy weighs heavy.
This matches a pattern we've seen plenty of times in the past: tragedy, followed by calls for gun control, followed by surging firearm sales.
The president should be commended for the courageous stand that he took in the face of so much opposition fueled by past tragedy, fear and sometimes plain bigotry.
In "California Solo," a wry, mournful study of midlife crisis, he's Lachlan, a onetime darling of the Britpunk scene driven by past tragedy to a farm outside Los Angeles.
As with another famously earthquake-prone city – San Francisco – there is a sense here that life ought be enjoyed to the full thanks to the special permission bestowed by a past tragedy.
The materials recounted some of the past tragedies.
"We've learned from history, and our training is centered around past tragedies," Lieutenant Vance said.
But lessons are being drawn not only from history but also from past tragedies.
Like many writers, Mr. Fuentes, 73, has used the agony of past tragedies as artistic inspiration.
It has all the hallmarks of recent past tragedies – Rwanda, Darfur, Bosnia, Kosovo," the letter reads.
