Sentence examples for the scale of the tragedy from inspiring English sources

The dictatorship of General Franco covered up the scale of the tragedy.

But this case is only unusual in terms of the scale of the tragedy.

For Kenyans, the scale of the tragedy is beginning to sink in.

The anger and grief displayed at the protests is reflective of the scale of the tragedy.

The scale of the tragedy in Syria and Iraq was so vast, and this was just a piece of it.

As the scale of the tragedy came to light, questions were raised about whether it could have been prevented.

"While flooding is a natural disaster, the scale of the human tragedy in Freetown is, sadly, very much man-made," Makmid Kamara, Amnesty International's deputy director of global issues, said in a recent statement.

Nevertheless, it is time for Europe both to admit the scale of the migration tragedy and to accept greater responsibility towards some of its victims.

"The physical damage to monuments has to be assessed against the scale of the human tragedy which has swept over Syria," he says.

"The scale of the human tragedy in Syria is among the most brutal of any conflict since the end of the Second World War," Raul Rosende, who is the deputy U.N. humanitarian-aid coördinator for Syria, told me.

As the scale of the Rana Plaza tragedy unfolded, alongside our sister global union, IndustriALL, we developed a five year, legally binding plan, and we said to the global brands: "Sign up".