The tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A playwright specializing in tragicomic drama. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
What kind of tragicomic liar social climbs by pretending to be Irish?. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Kelly: My Daughter's on the No Fly List] Reference
"" The Man Who '' is a kind of tragicomic variety show, in which dysfunction becomes both heartbreaking and hilarious. From Wordnik.com. [A Tragicomic Variety Show] Reference
Written in a tragicomic style, it is very amusing. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Pessimism] Reference
The Clintons have devolved into tragicomic buffoons. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary: Obama Will Be A Good Friend To Israel] Reference
The Movement itself now has a tinge of the tragicomic. From Wordnik.com. [A Saint at Oxford] Reference
That was after the tragicomic tale of Greece's 2003 deficit. From Wordnik.com. [Europe's Original Sin] Reference
We were reminded of that tragicomic evening for two reasons. From Wordnik.com. [On The Carpet] Reference
The shape of tragicomic romance is manifest in these utterances. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare]
But we are not allowed to linger on this tragicomic moment for long. From Wordnik.com. [Megan Erickson: Cast Shines in "A Body of Water"] Reference
So, expect more from this tragicomic president, possibly something big. From Wordnik.com. [Fannie Mae mess is just latest layer on Chef Dubya's tottering cake] Reference
This is the reason why I am preoccupied with a sense of the tragicomic. From Wordnik.com. [‘Hope on a Tightrope’] Reference
This report in The Australian newspaper has all the tragicomic details. From Wordnik.com. [Taxing alcopops: the Australian experience] Reference
Maybe we could write a tragicomic musical and call it "Stay the Course.". From Wordnik.com. [Robert Smith: On Leaving Iraq] Reference
A Happy Thermometer is a tragicomic animated short movie by Mina Yonezawa. From Wordnik.com. [No Fat Clips!!! : MINA YONEZAWA – A Happy Thermometer] Reference
If the tragicomic triumvirate wants to contend otherwise, that's their right. From Wordnik.com. [SurveyUSA: Democrat Way Ahead In Race For Open GOP Senate Seat In New Mexico] Reference
'I bumped into him, that's all I did,' he proclaimed with tragicomic gestures. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
When I woke up this morning, the state of affairs globally was quite tragicomic. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Dorchen: Study Proves Other People Are Even Worse Than We Thought] Reference
The House's biggest emitter of tragicomic relief had other compelling points to make. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Pasternack: Rep. Shimkus Calls Cap-and-Trade "The Largest Assault on Democracy and Freedom"] Reference
It is a tragicomic fact that our proper upbringing has be-come an ally of the secret police. From Wordnik.com. [The Unbearable Lightness of Being]
With the visit of Prime Minister Medvedev, their tragicomic tango hit the dustbin of history. From Wordnik.com. [A Cynic Explains The Russian Spying Scandal] Reference
Amazon describes it as "a tragicomic tale" but I think it's intelligent, comedic fiction at its finest. From Wordnik.com. [Zachary Wagman: What's So Funny?] Reference
If Inhofe loses, it will truly be the end of an era: a tragicomic era of distraction, delusion, and delay. From Wordnik.com. [David Roberts: Inhofe Rallies the Old Guard: David Roberts] Reference
Mr. Dunne even inserts some tragicomic vignettes told by real people that elucidate the lures and snares of fame. From Wordnik.com. [Griffin Dunne's Tract Is a Cautionary Movie] Reference
If the tragicomic path of the Olympic torch is any indication, it looks like that is precisely what is happening. From Wordnik.com. [China Will Get the Olympics It Deserves] Reference
Into this tragicomic family circle, Carey ushers Maria Takis, the kind, idealistic and very pregnant tax inspector. From Wordnik.com. [The Down-Under Car Dealers From Hell] Reference
Stephen J Dubner, co-author of the number one bestseller, takes to the stage to explain the tragicomic appeal of finances. From Wordnik.com. [Superfreakonomics: you've read the book, now see the show] Reference
One tragicomic example of this is a story about a little boy who was brought into the hospital for severe abdominal pain. From Wordnik.com. [Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Verbal First Aid: Words As Medicine] Reference
Eduardo Buzzi, head of the Argentine Agrarian Federation, an industry group, called Mrs. Kirchner's comments "tragicomic.". From Wordnik.com. [Argentina Confronts Soaring Inflation] Reference
Ernie turned as they entered the lobby, his expression a tragicomic mixture of eager and wistful at the sight of Veronique. From Wordnik.com. [Temporary Wife]
At this point there's nothing Hillary and her tragicomic triumvirate of Howie, Lanny and Terry could do that would surprise me. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Up On The Air In June 3rd State] Reference
We set up the camera and filmed the tragicomic scene of hunger strikers exiting their buses in disheveled states of wobbly infirmity. From Wordnik.com. [ZHAO ZIYANG AND THE STUDENTS] Reference
And with obvious gaps like these, the recent debates over who failed to connect which obscure dots before September 11 are tragicomic. From Wordnik.com. [This Dog Won't Hunt] Reference
Frankly, the ever-morphing drivel coming out of the mouths of the tragicomic triumvirate of Lanny, Terry and Howard makes my head spin. From Wordnik.com. [GOPers Tearing Each Other To Shreds In Primary, Improving Dem Chances Of Holding Key House Seat] Reference
The episode may seem like a flashback to a tragicomic era of Latin American history when presidents were regularly overthrown in coups. From Wordnik.com. [Behind the Honduran Mutiny] Reference
One by one, these journalists are trotted through their tragicomic hamster wheels: hope spinning toward joy, spiraling down to loneliness. From Wordnik.com. [Book review: 'The Imperfectionists,' by Tom Rachman] Reference
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