"Society should start planning for that unexpected but potentially tragic possibility."

The potentially tragic consequences of that legislation were concealed for a while by the extraordinary economic boom in the last half of the decade.

Also, befriending a hungry bear has potentially tragic consequences.

But surely to try to turn Marcellina into a potentially tragic figure is just perverse.

In fact, there are some who believe that Kasparov's political activism is a mistake that has potentially tragic consequences.

This finding has potentially tragic implications for distracted driving.

The north goal post, which had become a target of a potentially tragic charge, today helped seal off an investigation scene.

One Western diplomat said the Chinese Government is making a "potentially tragic mistake."

The novel's greatness, in Trilling's view, comes from its refusal to answer the question clearly; the tension is potentially tragic.

If it fails to do so, we will either be made to look like fools or face the risk of a potentially tragic pandemic.