Sentence examples for sea tragedy from inspiring English sources

The region is home to Chernobyl and the Aral Sea tragedy -- among the world's largest man-made ecological disasters -- and is known for its dependence on non-renewable fossil fuels.

Despite the series of sea tragedies in the past several decades, government safety regulation had not improved, Mr. Roque said.

It is the latest in a string of sea tragedies in the region, with more than 60 people perishing just this week.

IN THE HEART OF THE SEA: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, by Nathaniel Philbrick.

IN THE HEART OF THE SEA: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex.

With the sea of tragedy confronting the city, the primary election has been rescheduled for Sept. 25 (news article, Sept. 14).

The award for nonfiction went to Nathaniel Philbrick for "In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex" (Viking Penguin).

Philbrick, the author of "In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex," thoroughly documents all the discord, relying primarily on the private journal of William Reynolds, one of Wilkes's beleaguered junior officers.

The writers are Susan Sontag, who won the fiction award for "In America"; Nathaniel Philbrick, the winner in nonfiction for "In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex"; Lucille Clifton, the winner in poetry for "Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000," and Gloria Whelan, the winner in young people's literature for "Homeless Bird".

Those measures proved to be a thimbleful of help in a rising sea of tragedy.

Watson refers to our collective misuse of the sea as a tragedy of the commons.