I would describe it as a horrible tragedy and an assault on police officers.

Police and fellow students have described his killing as a tragedy.

More realistically, I ask you to describe it as an unfortunate tragedy, and leave it at that.

At the time, Labour described the cancellation as "a tragedy".

Costa Cruises, which owns the ship, described the incident as a tragedy, adding that the cause was yet to be confirmed.

He described Johnson's loss of job as a tragedy.

He described the loss of lives as a national tragedy and ordered an inquiry.

Explaining his decision, Ford described the Nixon family's situation as "an American tragedy in which we all have played a part."

Ball's described it as a tragedy, Cooper a "great loss to serious discussion on police and policing."

The way in which Europeans have so far handled the issue of burden sharing can only be described as a complete tragedy.