Tired, weak from inadequate food and sleep, he felt both his advanced age and the dreadful tragedy about to descend upon this region.

But they say if ever they sell seats in Box Eight there'll be a dreadful tragedy!!

"A dreadful tragedy," he had said, and meant it.

Some further discovery will be made, which will bring this dreadful tragedy to a close.

I know that saying it was a dreadful tragedy seems so inadequate, but Cassie's death is such a great loss to so many people.

Then in a tremulous voice, she informed them, "There has been a dreadful tragedy."

This dreadful tragedy has not only destroyed a region and a city; it has also impacted on an entire country and its people.

May the unacceptable and dreadful tragedies that we have witnessed serve as a lesson to those in power in our various countries.

The summit took place with the dreadful tragedy of Kosovo as a backdrop.

Sorry for your wife, sorry you had to experience such dreadful tragedies - both personally and professionally.