Sentence examples for said tragic from inspiring English sources

And this turn of events is, as I said, tragic.

Fifa's president said: "Tragic news about Liam Kelly's father passing away after Kilmarnock's cup final win.

After the helicopter swooped through a lush green valley and touched down, Goose, the founder of One, a UK-based philanthropic business that funds clean water programmes for communities in Malawi, said: "Tragic doesn't even come close.

Mario Draghi also said "tragic" high levels of youth unemployment had the potential to threaten social harmony in Europe and that rock-bottom inflation was damaging the prospects of Generation Y by redistributing their wealth to older people.

The Argentine Pope also said tragic incidents involving migrants trying to reach Europe should not be repeated.

Sci-fi writer John-Paul Cleary also said: "Tragic news about Iain Banks, my hero and inspiration, a writer of incredible creativity and wit".

It quoted the N.R.A.'s executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, as saying, "Tragic victims couldn't have been saved by trigger locks or magazine bans or 'smart-gun' technology, or some new government commission running our firearms companies".

There was something totally canned and anachronistic about the moment, of course, but it was special nonetheless, and for me the highlight of our friendship's I'd have to say tragic New York phase.

I say tragic in the Aristotelian sense: this is a nation knowing the consequences, and keeping those guns around anyway.

Say tragic things.

Mark Cavendish, on his official Twitter account, said: "Such tragic news.