Example Sentences

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Groff’s are the Muses in all their epic and tragical glory.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2015

Malibu Playhouse gets magical with the world premiere of "Flim-Flam: Houdini and the Hereafter," and Anteaus Company gets tragical with the "The Curse of Oedipus."

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2014

It is a tragical, comical, ironical Broadway-hit-show of a life. 

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2012

I had always thought that I, myself, was as humorous a wight as anyone, but I knew that if I were out there singing that tragical music I wouldn't be grinning all over the place.

From Time Magazine Archive

And, doggone-it-all, seems like what people enjoy sticking to your name permanent ain’t never good things, they’re always tragical.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis