tragic figure

collocation in English

meaningsoftragicandfigure

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tragic
adjective
uk
/ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/us
/ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/
very sad, often involving death ...
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figure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition oftragicandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftragic figure

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Suddenly he seems atragicfigure, forced to make unwelcome choices.
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There is no moretragicfigurein the whole history of war.
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Of course these demographic factors have to be taken into account in judging thetragicfigureof unemployment.
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What special steps, if any, will be taken to reduce thattragicfigure?
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He is a very unusual man and atragicfigure.
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There is no moretragicfigurein my division than the derelict old miner who has been incapacitated for years and left almost forgotten by the community.
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Will he also bear in mind that the reallytragicfigure, the important figure, is the number of those who have been wholly unemployed for more than six weeks?
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There is also anothertragicfigure.
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That is atragicfigure.
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Further, when we look at the report of road accidents we see that thetragicfigureof over 6,600 can be divided into a variety of other categories.
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She initially comes across as delusional, a sick yettragicfigure.
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Thetragicfigurethen is the man out of step.
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He was atragicfigure, who was fated to constantly seek out an impossible love with a nice, young human.
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So we really wanted to show that he s atragicfiguremuch more than a villainous figure.
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After he grows up, he initially becomes atragicfigureand foil for the protagonists before eventually evolving to a protagonist himself.
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However, much like in both versions, is also perceived as atragicfigure, tormented by his maddening self-righteousness and narrow views.
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Although her husband's family loves her, she still misses her family in the capital and therefore is a nowtragicfigure.
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Thetragicfigurerepresents the expiation of original sin, of the original and eternal sin of him and all his soci malorum, the sin of having been born.
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These tragic figures do not indicate just community breakdown; they reflect complete community disintegration.
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