appalling tragedy

Examples (10)

• The news of the plane crash was an appalling tragedy.
• It was an appalling tragedy to see so many lives lost in the disaster.
• The community struggled to come to terms with the appalling tragedy that had struck.
• Reports from the war zone described an appalling tragedy unfolding daily.
• The accidental death of the young child was an appalling tragedy for the family.
• He described the famine as an appalling tragedy that could have been prevented.
• The environmental disaster was an appalling tragedy for marine life.
• Such a senseless act of violence is nothing short of an appalling tragedy.
• Despite efforts to avert it, the appalling tragedy still occurred.
• The loss of the historic building to fire was an appalling tragedy for the city's heritage.