Sentence examples for tragic speech from inspiring English sources
It was, in the strict sense of the term, a tragic speech.
This is Titus's – and perhaps Shakespeare's – first truly great tragic speech.
Poets have railed against the coming of the night; Shakespeare based his greatest tragic speeches on time forever moving forward and pushing us further toward the grave.
Thus, verse drama may embrace a wide variety of nonrealistic aural and visual devices: Greek tragic choric speech provided a philosophical commentary upon the action, which at the same time drew the audience lyrically into the mood of the play.
As Jo Cox said in her powerful and – reading it again now – heartbreakingly tragic maiden speech just a year ago: "Whilst we celebrate our diversity, the thing that surprises me time and time again as I travel around the constituency is we are far more united and have far more in common than that which divides us".
In a telephone interview from London, he called his speech "tragic timing," and said he regretted having used language "that can be misinterpreted".
Gary Cooper never said much in his cowboy roles, though as he got older his aura of tragic stoicism became better than speech.
We discussed the body of science pointing to troubles ahead from rising carbon dioxide levels during a break after Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's speech on the "tragic lag between what we know and what we do".
But it is clearly also aimed at restoring science to a position of respect and prominence in society.* After an opening quip about his scene in "Sex and the City" ending up on the cutting-room floor, Mr. Bloomberg framed his speech around "the tragic lag between what we know and what we do".
He responded by comparing the speech to "the tragic connivance at the destruction of Czechoslovakia in exchange for the useless appeasement at Munich in 1938".
#JeSuisCharlie A tragic day for the freedom of speech #jesuischarlie pic.twitter.com/ZkIOXpHeSq For those of us who have spent our lives sitting in newsrooms, this feels so personal.
