And it is this conflict that gives "Venice Preserv'd" its tragic proportions.

That fatal fall down the cistern shaft was an accident of tragic proportions.

This battle has only intensified since Sept. 11, sometimes reaching tragic proportions.

However you view it, the story of Sarah Jacobs is one of fascinating and tragic proportions.

Even experts believe that this crisis would have been of the same tragic proportions had it broken out in any other European country.

What we do find is deeply rooted, traditional discrimination in society, which in some parts of these countries has taken on really tragic proportions.

Unemployment among young people under the age of 25 has taken on tragic proportions: at 32%, it is twice that of the European Union.

The situation in Tibet remains a horror of tragic proportions.

This was an error of tragic proportions.

It was, he felt, a mistake of tragic proportion, the effects of which can still be felt today.