7 sentences with 'tragic'
Example sentences and phrases with the word tragic and other words derived from it.
• « But nowhere did his personality have such devastating and tragic effects as in his relationship with his own son. »
• « In the most spectacular and tragic act of protest, a suffragette named Emily Davison threw herself under British King George V's horse during the 1913 Derby (the hugely popular national horse race) and was killed; it was later discovered that she had stuffed her dress with leaflets demanding the vote for women. »
• « Those who had witnessed his gradual physical deterioration were saddened by the tragic decision. But he did not let it bring him down. »
• « In the same year, 1912, during Robert Scott's tragic expedition to the South Pole, Captain Lawrence Oates' feet froze. In order not to delay the desperate return of his companions, he said to them one night: "I'm going for a walk; it may take me a while to get back". And he set off to meet certain death in the squall of wind and snow. There was undoubtedly great class in this gesture. »
• « Nevertheless, African slavery was one of the most tragic outcomes of the emerging Atlantic world. »