Sentence examples for spectacular tragedy from inspiring English sources

"Too often that spirit is missing without the spectacular tragedy," Mr. Obama said.

"In our case, the stage was set for a spectacular tragedy," said John McLennan, who has studied the kiwi for 20 years.

In the same way that I feel kind of sorry for people whose birthday falls on the anniversary of the most spectacular tragedy the modern world has ever seen, it's always struck me as fucked up that Catalonia now has to celebrate its National Day on 9/11, too.

Historians have described the episode as one of the most bizarre and spectacular tragedies in Californian history and in the record of western migration.

After surveying the vast area of mud and debris around the mountain, Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, Nicaragua's defence minister, suggested the entire area be sealed off and declared a "national cemetery".The destruction around Casita was the most spectacular single tragedy inflicted by Hurricane Mitch, but it was not the only one.

And on his latest epic, a lavish fantasy spectacular, Gilliam suffered the ultimate tragedy – the death of his leading man midway through production.

LOTS of everyday tragedies are less newsworthy than one spectacular one.

Many more lives could be saved if the money currently being poured into avoiding spectacular but rare railway crashes were spent instead on avoiding the tragedies that happen ten times every day on the roads.

Although it will look spectacular, featuring 500 miniature drawings lit from within, the artwork comes from a place of tragedy.

We wanted someone who could bring a camp approach to show Spector's spectacular descent from the heights of super stardom to a crash landing in the final tragedy of Lana Clarkson's death.

At a time in which there is so much sorrow, tragedy, atrocity and depravity in the realm of news, the world thankfully has the spectacular story of the against-all-odds Chilean miners' rescue upon which to focus.