Sentence examples for properly tragic from inspiring English sources

To many British eyes, both president and country are too bombastic, myopically self-assured, lacking a properly tragic view of life, and sometimes emotionally incontinent.

To many British eyes, both president and country are too bombastic, myopically self-assured, lacking a properly tragic view of life and sometimes emotionally incontinent: Mr Bush's allusion at Camp David to the death of Mr Brown's baby daughter a tragedy, the president said, which had "strengthened [Mr Brown's] soul"—struck some listeners as unduly intrusive.

In that sense, it seems that Fassbender, who is currently also starring on screen as Macbeth, found a properly Shakespearean tragic hero in Silicon Valley.

During the run-up to the 2000 presidential election, George W. Bush pledged that "If elected President, I would ensure that our nation properly recognizes the tragic suffering of the Armenian people".

The assessment process for out of work benefits needs urgent improvement to ensure genuine needs are identified properly and to avoid further tragic consequences.

But Senator Richard C. Shelby of Alabama, the ranking Republican on the committee, said that that did not exonerate the C.I.A. "C.I.A. officials from the program manager to the director failed to properly manage this program with tragic results," Mr. Shelby said.

Spectacularly tragic, right?

She wrote: "May I begin by assuring you that the government shares your concern to make certain that the tragic death of Mr Litvinenko is properly investigated.

If we do not understand how the uterus works when it is working normally, it is obvious that we will not be able to detect or even prevent problems when it does not work properly leading to child born before time, sometimes with tragic consequences.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg called Mr. Washington's death tragic, but said the police had apparently acted properly in chasing a man with a gun.

This tragic circumstance highlights the need for the National Marine Fisheries Service to properly fulfill its duties in oversight and regulation of permit-holders like SeaWorld.