Sentence examples for tragic turning point from inspiring English sources

The two conventions are seen by some South African historians as a tragic turning point in South African history.

We are awash in reports that the global environmental crisis may soon reach a tragic turning point.

Ship Of Fools (1965) -- Set in 1933, a tragic turning point in Germany's history, Stanley Kramer's psychological drama trails a disparate group of passengers sailing from Vera Cruz right into the heart of fascism.

For Mr. Burns, who always deals in superlatives -- the biggest, the boldest, the most tragic, the turning point, the seminal moment -- the humor that is inevitable in the telling of Twain's life seems liberating, less portentous.

This tragic event represented a turning point in Cardano's life and intellectual career.

"Tyler's tragic, senseless death was a turning point for me," Lewinsky said.

It was also a turning point – in the opposite, tragic, direction – for the González family which had, until the struggle for the boy, maintained relations across the straits.

Stephen Strachan, chief executive of the Winemakers Federation off Australia, an industry body, reckons the drought was a turning point, even if a tragic one in some cases, in forcing the industry back to "sustainable levels".

Could the tragic events of last week in Charleston, South Carolina mark a turning point in race relations in the United States?

Zinta called the tragic accident and her father's death a significant turning point in her life, which forced her to mature rapidly.

Twenty years from now, we can look back at the tragic death of Trayvon Martin and remember it as a turning point.