Great ability without discretion comes almost invariably to a tragic end. From LearnThat.org. [Leon Michel Gambetta (1838-1882)]
tragic hero. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A tragic face. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This organization epitomizes the term tragic-comedy for it ignores appalling human rights abuses in Sudan. From Wordnik.com. [American Thinker] Reference
Israel apologized for what it calls tragic deaths. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2006] Reference
He also asked the audience to pray for those lost in what he called a tragic accident. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
One of his colleagues cautioned against overreacting to what he called a tragic and unusual accident. From Wordnik.com. [Lab Death Prompts Reviews] Reference
Senator Obama today said the death of 4,000 of our troops in Iraq represents what he called a tragic marker. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2008] Reference
Mercury Energy says it regrets what it calls the tragic circumstances surrounding the death and will investigate further. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 30, 2007] Reference
President Barack Obama promised Saturday that his administration would not forget what he called a tragic response to Hurricane Katrina. From Wordnik.com. Reference
President Barack Obama promised Saturday that his administration would not forget what he called a tragic response to Hurricane Katrina. From Wordnik.com. [ajc.com - News] Reference
We often overuse the word tragic, but not tonight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2007] Reference
She described as tragic his refusal to accept the results of. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It is the highly-stylized Doric dialect used in tragic lyric. From Wordnik.com. [greek is hard « paper fruit] Reference
Not personal as in tragic confessions or secrets, deeper than that. From Wordnik.com. [It doesn’t get easier, but would we like it if it did? «] Reference
Even more tragic is the multitude of reports indicating that hundreds of. From Wordnik.com. [Anspach, Robert A.] Reference
Still others were lost in tragic accidents at sea, never to be recovered. From Wordnik.com. [Piersanti, Anthony J. Jr.] Reference
Even more tragic is the continual flow of reports indicating that many, many. From Wordnik.com. [Montez, Anastacio] Reference
Collateral damage, while tragic, is not illegal nor unjust, it is simply a fact of war. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Foxman: Mitchell is “Fair” and I’m Unhappy About It] Reference
I'd bet the house that something tragic is going to happen at one or more of these events. From Wordnik.com. [Democrats planning 1,000 health care reform events] Reference
His death, whilst tragic, is unrelated. on April 11, 2009 at 7: 46 am | Reply OldernotWiser. From Wordnik.com. [Ooooh….. I didn’t know that! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
There are three kinds of scenes, one called the tragic, second, the comic, third, the satyric. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
I am afraid if we don't do something about this type of behavior something tragic is going to happen!. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton warns against violent anti-government attitude] Reference
What even more tragic, is that someone slept with you, now innocent children are subjected to your ignorance. From Wordnik.com. [Obama says differences with Clinton 'infinitesimal'] Reference
I'd see the word tragic in cricket tragic as being adjectival in origin - cricket mad, cricket sad, cricket tragic. From Wordnik.com. [On being a tragic] Reference
This isn't 1865 when news sometimes took weeks or months to reach people and quick decisions in tragic times were truly difficult. From Wordnik.com. [Palpitations...And No Pride To Speak Of.] Reference
I would argue, that the pleasure principle (read pornography) is locked in tragic conflict with the reality principle (literature). From Wordnik.com. [How to Do the History of Pornography: Romantic Sexuality and its Field of Vision] Reference
At this height a falling man will become an inverted arrow with no way to protect his head or spine from certain tragic consequences. From Wordnik.com. [The Wild Trees (copy)] Reference
I live in Australia Kyneton, Victoria, a small country town i'm 15 and I can't say that I have ever heard the word tragic used this way. From Wordnik.com. [On being a tragic] Reference
I suppose it may seem sad as in tragic as in ... the use of language has changed so much that these words no longer mean what they used to. From Wordnik.com. [Carl's Christmas GIFT Challenge: Memories] Reference
Europa; yet they suggest what might be termed a tragic sort of decoration. From Wordnik.com. [Promenades of an Impressionist] Reference
That is just to state in other words the tragic truth of universal sinfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts] Reference
In the president's speech tonight, he will recall the tragic events of a year ago. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2002] Reference
The eyes of the narrator gleamed with an insane light as he recalled the tragic sight. From Wordnik.com. [Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel] Reference
The question may be raised whether the epic or the tragic is the higher form of imitation. From Wordnik.com. [Poetics. English] Reference
Here I should remark that to be strictly accurate my tragedy should be called a tragic opera. From Wordnik.com. [Boycotted And Other Stories] Reference
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