"These kind of incidents are rare, and they are tragic when they happen".
Of course, it is tragic when asylum seekers die in a desperate attempt to reach protection.
It is tragic when people come to think that suicide is their least-bad option, but it's a mistake to medicalize all such decisions.
"It is tragic when a superlative performance goes by unrecognized... a bouquet caught in the spotlights is a signal that it is O.K. to applaud and cheer enthusiastically," that the audience has "just witnessed something exceptional".
It is tragic when a leader with President Obama's experience of the world fails to see the realities on the ground that writers of Mr. Kristof's caliber describe so clearly.
People do, of course, drown, and it's tragic when it happens.
WASHINGTON -- It's "tragic" when people are split from their families because they do something wrong, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Thursday.
From sexual assault to mental health, the consequences can be tragic when student health isn't prioritized - high drop-out rates, life-long trauma, even death.
