Tragedies is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Tragedies meaning
plural of tragedy
Using Tragedies
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of tragedy
- In the example corpus, tragedies often appears in combinations such as: the tragedies, tragedies in, these tragedies.
Context around Tragedies
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tragedies
- In this selection, "tragedies" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, forgotten, american, heartbreaking, followed, waco and side stand out and add context to how "tragedies" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include american tragedies waco the and analyze such tragedies for the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tragedies" sits close to words such as awakening, blasts and bundled, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tragedies
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Montana is no stranger to these tragedies. (7 words)
A cascading series of tragedies followed and then it was too late. (12 words)
Anthony and Gabriel's families are now forever linked by heartbreaking tragedies. (12 words)
Audience faves Bobby Bermea, Alison Anderson, and R. David Wylie will grace the stage, and the pair of gore-flecked, eldritch tragedies will cast a spooky spell on the "blasted heath" of Shaking the Tree Theatre throughout August. (38 words)
In an interview with the Gazette before Sunday’s service, Mr. McKibben reflected on his career in environmental advocacy, the connection between science and religion and how he copes with the tragedies of a changing climate. (36 words)
Local Rabbi David Mivasair, Imam Sheikh Ayman and a committee founder and leader from the Christian-Palestinian community in Hamilton spoke on the importance of basic human rights and acknowledged the continuing tragedies in Gaza. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
A cascading series of tragedies followed and then it was too late.
Although there are a handful of scenes that highlight the war, Grave of the Fireflies is predominantly concerned with the smaller and often forgotten tragedies that happen during these conflicts.
American Tragedies: Waco - The Trials follows up Showtime's successful original series and brings back a vast majority of its cast in the process.
Anthony and Gabriel's families are now forever linked by heartbreaking tragedies.
Audience faves Bobby Bermea, Alison Anderson, and R. David Wylie will grace the stage, and the pair of gore-flecked, eldritch tragedies will cast a spooky spell on the "blasted heath" of Shaking the Tree Theatre throughout August.
By laying this man’s triumphs and tragedies side by side, he also shows they were inextricably linked — again, underscoring the movie’s ideas about chain reactions.
Disquiet surrounding police accountability has also continued to simmer in the wake of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a Minneapolis policeman in 2020 and similar tragedies in Memphis and Louisville.
Every penny will help and take us one step closer to finding a cure for this cruel disease – and that will mean fewer personal tragedies for people and families right across the world.
Film and TV creators have to deal with constant change, but sometimes they have to deal with serious tragedies like the death of an actor.
He said more scientific, technical and psychological of the causes of such tragedies should be introduced and the results published twice per year.
In an interview with the Gazette before Sunday’s service, Mr. McKibben reflected on his career in environmental advocacy, the connection between science and religion and how he copes with the tragedies of a changing climate.
In recent years, the authorities and football clubs have made efforts to stamp down on some fans who taunt rivals with vile chants about tragedies such as the Hillsborough and Munich disasters.
In the years before the novel opens, Kettle has lost his wife and two adult children to an escalating sequence of tragedies and now subsists on a diet of fantasy and nostalgia.
It's vital the city's next chief be similarly willing and courageous enough to publicly analyze such tragedies for the lessons they can offer.
Leshem called the Israel-Palestine complex one of the greatest historical tragedies that the world has confronted.
Local Rabbi David Mivasair, Imam Sheikh Ayman and a committee founder and leader from the Christian-Palestinian community in Hamilton spoke on the importance of basic human rights and acknowledged the continuing tragedies in Gaza.
Montana is no stranger to these tragedies.
Nichola Dent, quality and staff development manager at Clarendon House, said: "Audrey has witnessed a myriad of tragedies, adversities, and celebrations throughout her lifetime.
Notably, Joe confirms his personality helped steel Bruce up in various childhood tragedies, especially in coping with his dad's abuse.
On October 5, a crash near London’s Paddington station kills 31 and leaves more than 245 people injured in one of Britain’s worst-ever train tragedies.
Common combinations with tragedies
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the tragedies 19×
- tragedies in 18×
- these tragedies 17×
- tragedies and 14×
- of tragedies 13×
- tragedies that 12×
- and tragedies 12×
- such tragedies 10×
- personal tragedies 9×
- tragedies like 9×