How to use tragedy in a sentence

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• Prince Hamlet is the eponymous protagonist of the Shakespearian tragedy Hamlet.From the entry eponymous
• Our thoughts and prayers go out to those afflicted by the tragedy.From the entry go out
• What a tragedy, that someone would set off a bomb in a crowded place.From the entry set off
• I really enjoyed Shakespeare's tragedies more than his histories.From the entry history
• You mustn't blame yourself for this tragedy.From the entry mustn't
• The recent tragedy served only to reaffirm his faith.From the entry reaffirm
• Her noncomic plays included several notable tragedies.From the entry noncomic
• The greater Dionysia were held at Athens in March or April, and were celebrated with elaborate performances of tragedies and comedies.From the entry dionysia
• "The tragedy of the commons" is that none wish to make sacrifices of their or their family's interests for the common good.From the entry commons
• After 70 CE, the rabbis of the Mishnah faced perhaps an even greater tragedy.2024, David Golinkin, “Comfort, Oh Comfort My People”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page x. From the entry Eretz Yisrael
• “We are devastated by the tragedy that unfolded Sunday evening in Waukesha,” the statement read.2022 October 26, Christina Zdanowicz, Claudia Dominguez, Lauren M. Johnson and Sara Smart, “The Waukesha victims included an 8-year-old…. From the entry tammy
• It can be tinged with tragedy or just inexplicably sad in its ordinariness.2022 November 1, Jake Pitre, “The Eerie Comfort of Liminal Spaces”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The…. From the entry liminal space
• The tragedy is immediate, real, epic and unfolding before our eyes.2020 April 3, Arundhati Roy, “The pandemic is a portal”, in Financial Times, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry careen
• Kasparov's loss to Caruana was a tragedy in a winning position.2020 September 15, Leonard Barden, “Technical hazard trips up Kasparov as Carlsen and Nakamura battle to a tie”, in Financial Times…. From the entry premove
• The dataphobic mindset (“It's not like that in Burkina Faso”) can lead to real tragedy.2018, Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, →ISBN. From the entry dataphobic
• Incomprehensible violence and the tragedy that follows, the implication goes, inject a surreal dimension into existence.2017 June 16, Spencer Kornhaber, “The Dizzying, Surreal Journey of ‘The Leftovers’”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN. From the entry surreal
• We advise not to culture-jack a natural disaster or some national tragedy.2013 June 14, Michele Cuthbert, “Funny Or Why? 5 Ways Your Brand Can Culture-Jack The Right Way”, in Fast Company. From the entry culture-jack
• Catholics as never before; the pedophile tragedy has made the laity's self-reliant spirit irradicable.2008 April 19, Tim Padgett, “A Catholic's Take on the Pope's Trip”, in Time. From the entry irradicable
• The stichomythias are just as necessary in Sophocles' tragedies as are his choruses.2006, Olga Freidenberg, Image and Concept, page 297. From the entry stichomythia
• The story of the woodhen is one outstanding conservation triumph in a plethora of tragedy.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 233. From the entry plethora
• Whenever you have violent pandemonium, there's the overwhelming possibility for panic and tragedy.2004 October 22, The Boston Globe. From the entry pandemonium
• And that is the tragedy of the establishment of the diagnosis of PTSD.2004, Raymond M. Scurfield, A Vietnam Trilogy, Vol. I: Veterans and Post Traumatic Stress, 1968, 1989, 2000, Algora Publishing, →ISBN…. From the entry expectable
• Popular wisdom has it that baby boomlets spring from tragedy — earthquakes, hurricanes, and the like.2002, Adam Lashinsky, Fortune - Volume 145, page 174. From the entry baby boomlet
• The American pandemic of men's violence against women is one of the greatest tragedies of our time.2000, Jackson Katz, “The Sounds of Silence: Notes on the Personal Politics of Men’s Leadership in Gender-based Violence Prevention…. From the entry pandemic
• The tragedy was that Northern Ireland (Scottish) Protestants thought themselves like the British.1996, Robert McLiam Wilson, Eureka Street, Arcade, published 1997, →ISBN, page 163. From the entry Eirean
• The Stoicness of Seneca's tragedies is not, according to R., a simple thing.1991, Peter E. Knox, “Ovid: "Amores": Text, Prolegomena, and Commentary in Four Volumes”, in (Please provide the book title or journal…. From the entry stoicness
• Blinking in a yellowlit housewindow two faces fixed aspectant in some domestic tragedy.1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 178. From the entry aspectant
• If people are upminded about future possibilities, present tragedies diminish in psychological consequence.1975, Playgirl. From the entry up-minded
• The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.1971 September, Germaine Greer, “My Mailer Problem”, in Esquire. From the entry machismo
• From the wings I heard and watched the pavane of tragedy move steadily toward its climax.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 33, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, pages 218–219. From the entry pavane
• Modern romance, like Greek tragedy, celebrates the mystery of dismemberment, which is life in time.1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 25. From the entry ending
• The tragedy of life is, it must be premature, inconclusive and inconcludable, in order to be life.1957, William Faulkner, The Town. From the entry inconcludable
• Well, if life were tragedy, it still was life, the ultimate astonisher.1943, Dorothy Richardson, “Data for a Spanish Publisher”, in Journey to Paradise, London: Virago, published 1989, page 139. From the entry astonisher
• "I have a patient right now whose marriage proved to be a tragedy.1936, Dale Carnegie, “Part 1, Chapter 2. THE BIG SECRET OF DEALING WITH PEOPLE”, in How to Win Friends and Influence People, page 42. From the entry marriage
• "Yes—what the American public always wants is a tragedy with a happy ending".1934, Edith Wharton, “New York and the Mount”, in A Backward Glance, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton-Century Company, →OCLC…. From the entry happy ending
• They looked at it long and reminiscingly, as it had been the very source of their tragedy.1921, Paul Eldridge, “Paradise Regained”, in And the Sphinx Spoke, Boston, Mass.: The Stratford Company, page 2. From the entry reminiscingly
• "Patriotism and theophobia are the sources of great tragedies and terrifying pictures.1913, Robert Loyalty Cru, Diderot as a Disciple of English Thought, page 421. From the entry theophobia

Meaning of tragedy

1. noun A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character.
2. noun The genre of such works, and the art of producing them.
3. noun A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.

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Questions about tragedy in a sentence

How do you use tragedy in a sentence?

Tragedy is used as a noun. For example: “Prince Hamlet is the eponymous protagonist of the Shakespearian tragedy Hamlet.”

What is a short sentence with tragedy?

“Her noncomic plays included several notable tragedies.”

What does tragedy mean?

Tragedy means a drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character.