Sentence examples for physical tragedy from inspiring English sources

How could the problems of an imaginary person be compared in any way with the sheer physical tragedy of Gill Hicks' missing legs?

"For anyone who encountered Depardieu when he was young, svelte and gorgeous, his current incarnation has to be viewed as a physical tragedy," says James. "It was impossible then to imagine how he would turn out, that awful self-creation.

When Jeremy Lin plays, physical and artistic tragedy can strike on any night.

The physical void that this tragedy has left in the heart of the city.

The school itself was sanitized, scrubbed clean, patched up and hastily repainted on Tuesday, so there was no physical sign of the tragedy.

Boasting utterly believable performances that ensure no one is cast as either devil or angel, this is a mesmerising depiction of everyday madness in which social repression and religious dogma lead to terrible tragedy, both physical and metaphysical.

Kenji Shiga, director of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, said some officials favoured removing every last physical remnant of the tragedy, while others insisted on preserving evidence of the atomic bomb's destructive power.

Gordon's magnanimous spirit, courage, sense of humor, flamboyance and larger - than - life character helped him to celebrate life and seek beauty even when faced with terrible tragedy and physical suffering.

At that stage, the sisters were unquestionably the top two players in the women's game, but after six months of physical therapy and family tragedy for the Williamses, the top two players are now from Belgium: No. 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne and No. 2 Kim Clijsters.

You can disagree with someone's politics—heck, you can even oppose the military and American war-mongering without denigrating someone's physical sacrifice and personal tragedy.

We can choose to view this world as only a physical world with random tragedies and meaningless coincidences.