Sentence examples for sheer tragedy from inspiring English sources
No, their exile from the good life is sheer tragedy.
I think about fish, and the sheer tragedy — or maybe sadness is a better word, or maybe even comedy — of their not perhaps knowing something so obvious, so — how can we put it?
She and Falcone came up with a story that highlights the essential element that distinguishes Tammy's tale from sheer tragedy and rescues it for comedy: namely, its middle-class setting, which is defined as a safety net of prosperous and secure family connections and friends who can appear when needed, as the deus ex cash machine to keep the movie's plot in progress.
After Paris was attacked last November, normal life seemed to stop, as if in sympathy; it felt impossible, or at least insulting, to keep on doing all our insultingly mundane stuff in the face of this sheer tragedy.
How could the problems of an imaginary person be compared in any way with the sheer physical tragedy of Gill Hicks' missing legs?
Whether that expedition was as important or consequential as Lewis and Clark's hardly seems to matter; its sheer enterprise, brilliance, tragedy, folly and luck all recommend it to us.
Almar Haflidason of the BBC wrote that "[t]he sinking of the great ship is no secret, yet for many exceeded expectations in sheer scale and tragedy" and that "when you consider that [the film] tops a bum-numbing three-hour running time, then you have a truly impressive feat of entertainment achieved by Cameron".
But "Brooklyn North," with its upbeat tone and dramatic flair, goes further than other genres in turning real-life tragedy into sheer entertainment.
The UN refugee agency "warmly welcomed" Australia's humanitarian assistance, which includes a pledge of $44m to help shelter and clothe people as winter approaches, but the agency reiterated the sheer scale of the "tragedy of our time" as millions of desperate people flee violence and many children miss years of schooling.
Further describing the sheer horror of this tragedy is difficult.
"It's not really till you enter this region that you are able to understand the sheer scope of the tragedy," she said.
