Sentence examples for tragic possibility from inspiring English sources

"Society should start planning for that unexpected but potentially tragic possibility".

Each one, chin tilted up, looked prepared for the tragic possibility that she might lose her hair by day's end, leaving her exposed to the elements.

It is probably in part that divide – between a certain kind of British coolness and a grander hinterland of tragic possibility – that gives Mirren's screen presence its particular charge.

The disclosure about the teen raised the tragic possibility that she could have survived the crash only to die in its chaotic aftermath.

A tragic possibility is that even today, a baby could be spared HIV infection, only to a die a few weeks later of congenital syphilis (29 ), as has been reported recently in several countries (30, 31 ).

It certainly has high tragic possibilities, except that no one writes high dramas now.

The play, by Bryony Lavery ("Frozen"), looks at the allure of the sport and the tragic possibilities that it offers.

It also recalls the ancient sculpture of Laocoön and his sons, writhing as they are attacked by serpents, which was excavated in the sixteenth century and which inspired Michelangelo and others to further mine the human figure for its expressive, and tragic, possibilities.

The campaign has imbued all contact between the two communities with the possibility of tragic consequences.

Trying to describe his life in a series of tragic acts admits the possibility of redemption; the fallen hero who can once more beat the odds and make a triumphant comeback (and attain all the sports contracts and financial rewards to go with).

James Scott, a former colleague of Graeber's at Yale, takes a more limited and tragic view of the possibilities anthropology can offer social movements.