Example Sentences

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What follows are flights of wordplay, jokes, tragedies and rhymes “meant to be spoken aloud, as a form of conjuring back.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

"Which means that people should share information and people should react on information to prevent tragedies like this happening in the future."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

In both residential areas, the tragedies were met with an outpouring of shock, grief and demands for answers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

By contrast, on social media, Boy Moms stand alone, the main characters in what often seem like one-woman romantic tragedies of doomed longing.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

Compared to the other tragedies, which were dominated by recognizable principles of justice no matter how harsh, it was a triumph of barbarism over reason: dark, chaotic, inexplicable.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt