Sentence examples for tragic bad from inspiring English sources
But if Poe was the drunken, tragic bad boy of American letters, he was also a meticulous and disciplined craftsman.
In any case, Tamara is soon contending with three possible suitors: the farmer, who is recovering from some tragic bad luck; the philandering novelist; and a vain and snarly rock star who shows up in town with his dog.
Mr. Reiner's deft grasp of the small details -- the barracuda record company liaison, the tragic bad luck with drummers -- anticipated Robert Altman's arch film "The Player" as well as all the "Access Hollywood -type syndicated television sHollywood -typetesyndicatedd televisionthe-showss andana.
The evidence speaks for itself: 80 years of Red Sox wandering in the wilderness, years of tragic bad luck on the field and more than occasional foolishness and ineptitude in the dugout and front office, and then Henry and his partners, Lucchino and Tom Werner, buy the team and hire Epstein, then just 28, and less than three years later the Bosox were wearing World Series rings.
In many cases, the death is accidental, a case of tragic bad luck.
But giving up would be a tragic mistake, as bad for America and Israel as for the Palestinians.
"This case illustrates," Justice Alito said, "that tragic facts make bad law".
The story of Lily's expulsion from the inner circle and her descent through failed jobs into abject poverty is a relentlessly tragic tale of bad luck, cruelty and missed opportunity.
The race in Las Vegas turned out to be a tragic pileup of bad circumstances, which led to the horrific crash, partly because the sport is starving for attention and even the drivers were warning about the potential dangers of loading a field on an oval track with inexperienced drivers, which Greg Couch writes on Foxsports.com was inexcusably augmenting the usual dangers of auto racing.
By a tragic stroke of bad luck, Jack spots the enemy aircraft and, bent on avenging his friend, begins an attack.
Most fingers pointed toward Under Secretary of Management Pat Kennedy and Hillary [Clinton] aid [sic] Cheryl Mills as acting as Hillary's proxies to make the bad, tragic, decisions.
