But when tax time comes, shareholders may well want to don the tragic mask.

"Peter is here," said Frederika, her face a tragic mask.

Apolline set the tragic mask back on the shelf.

Often, she also holds a knife or club in one hand and the tragic mask in the other.

She has a tragic mask, a club, and a sword.

Her face had grown as sombre as a tragic mask.

"His face is like the tragic mask of Melpomene," said Sue.

The tragic mask slips over the comic as she tells a story.

Her face was a terrible, tragic mask, her eyes blank and unmoving.

She was suddenly looking at me, her small face set in a tragic mask.