1.   Additional bloodshed and loss of life will only compound the tragedy.

2.   It merely compounded the tragedy that the plane was on a training flight.

3.   And the tragedy is compounded by the fact that both families are widely-respected in their communities.

4.   Compounding the tragedy was the suspicion that scores of emergency workers who rushed to the World Trade Center were crushed when the towers collapsed.

5.   Compounding the tragedy, the Germans announced that the hostages had been rescued, a report that was relayed around the world before it was superseded by the truth.

6.   Her tragedy was compounded months later when her health insurer told her she had exhausted her mental health benefits after only eight counseling sessions for depression.

7.   In their haste, Valley law enforcement officials initially compounded the tragedy by botching the investigation.

8.   It would compound that tragedy if the GOP altered the tax code for the same benighted purpose.

9.   Landslides could compound the tragedy.

10.   To compound the tragedy, the precious tropical hardwood is then turned into virtual garbage.