It was a tragedy of simply shocking proportions that has outraged this nation.

"It's a race we simply cannot lose, or it will be a tragedy of unimaginable proportions."

Whether or not I will ever recover from this tragedy of major proportions, who knows...

We're watching a drama unfold, a tragedy of Greek proportions.

It's a tragedy of enormous proportions for everyone involved in cycling.

We know that failure to agree on treaty reform would be a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.

So the scene is set and all the ingredients are there for a tragedy of inconceivable proportions over the next few years.

This was a roll call of space naval history, a tragedy of high proportions.

It could mean a tragedy of unimaginable proportions if they escape into the sea.

"We are facing a tragedy of historic proportions," he wrote in an e-mail message, urging them to start thinking about what the organization could do.