Sentence examples for tragic occasions from inspiring English sources

These tragic occasions call for what Daniel (Danimal) Maurer calls a "brobituary," a wedding toast that effectively eulogizes the groom, since "your bro's life is over as he knows it".

And that's why, with the eager help of the military-industrial complex, we are awash in a sea of military weapons -- a sea that on tragic occasions turns to blood in our own homeland.

As a doctor, I've witnessed many tragic occasions where a loved one may well have been treated quite differently than they wished at the end of their life, because the family just didn't know what they wanted, and it was too late to ask.

"One instance that came to mind was a recent, rather tragic occasion.

"An argument can be made that her death was a catastrophe — a husband lost a wife and the world a feminist inspiration — but 'Amelia' won't or can't rise to the tragic occasion," Manohla Dargis wrote in The Times.

Rugova, looking ill and shrunken, stares glumly down at the dirt, and when it is his turn, only mumbles: "We need to work in order not to have another tragic occasion.

Manohla Dargis, reviewing this Mira Nair film in The New York Times, wrote: "An argument can be made that her death was a catastrophe -- a husband lost a wife and the world a feminist inspiration -- but 'Amelia' won't or can't rise to the tragic occasion.

The United States said it was "deeply saddened" by the news, calling it a "tragic occasion".

As I was speaking I looked over the vast ocean of young attendees at this sad and tragic occasion wondering whose funeral I would be preaching next.

"To Benazir Bhutto, to her friends, to her supporters, we send our condolences to the families of the others who were killed in today's violence, and we send our condolences to all the people of Pakistan on this tragic occasion.

Three months ago I wrote an article imploring white men and women to take the tragic occasion of the killing of Michael Brown as a glimpse beyond the veil of double-consciousness to begin to approach, listen and understand black pain and black rage.