Sentence examples for string of tragedies from inspiring English sources

In "The School," a teacher describes how his grade-school classroom has been affected by a string of tragedies.

Nobody would know how to deal with such a string of tragedies and frustrations in real life, but realism is not what this movie is about.

This development is the latest in a string of tragedies that have plagued the Latin American reporter.

In August, Notaro shocked fans by announcing that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, the latest in a string of tragedies in her life that included losing her mother and splitting with her longtime girlfriend.

The Register and other media outlets have been quick to point out that Betts' death is the latest in what appears to be a string of tragedies at Southeast Polk High School.

This disaster is the latest in a long and constant string of tragedies as migrants risk their lives to escape desperate poverty and violent conflict to reach refuge in Europe.

Monday's grim double play hit before we had found a way to digest the death of Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart in a car crash last week, and Gordon Edes of Yahoo describes just how unnatural the string of tragedy feels.

He talks readily about a string of personal tragedies, including the murder of his 18-year-old daughter.

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

She danced before European royalty and before Lenin, and suffered a string of personal tragedies, including the drowning of her two children.

(On "N.Y.P.D. Blue," Sipowicz's endless string of personal tragedies is beginning to seem like a joke.) It can even briskly kill off a significant character.