Example Sentences

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The review is “particularly highlighted by what happened tragically in Washington state, as well.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

I was tragically reminded at the end of last year just how important donor blood is.

From Slate • May 9, 2026

After his boyfriend dies tragically, Rowan is forced to start from scratch, mourning the dream of the life he once had alongside his partner and trying to rent out his now-spare bedroom.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Dr Tom Dolphin, of the British Medical Association, said the failings meant that many staff "tragically paid with their lives".

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

It was horribly depressing—and not just because it was for someone who’d died tragically young and for no particular reason aside from some bad arterial luck.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman