Newcomers to the town heard little about the tragic past.

Men turned from the tragic past to the bewildering present and the uncertain future.

Jareth doesn't like to reveal a lot about his tragic past.

"I know full well the tragic past that has sometimes haunted this part of the world," he said.

By doing this, Lambert manages to come to terms with his own tragic past.

The world hopes this event will finally draw a line between the tragic past and an unknown future.

Here the tragic past that both of them share comes to light.

She has a tragic past, her mother and sister both having died young.

Did today's youth know nothing of their tragic past?

However, like most of the characters, he has a tragic past.