sense of pride
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsenseandpride
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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pride
noun
uk/praɪd/us/praɪd/
a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get because you or people connected with you have done or got ...
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(Definition ofsenseandpridefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Asenseofpridemay also have encouraged some people to underreport the impact of financial difficulties on their quality of life.
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There was asenseofpridein how good were their public performances at the regional rallies by comparison with those of rival groups.
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If we allow for some form of first/third person asymmetry here, one of these individuals should surely feel asenseofpride.
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In adopting such self-reliant approaches, entrepreneurship, asenseofpride, self-fulfilment and achievement are evident among community members.
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They served to re-establish among local people asenseofpridein their own more suitable traditions and practices.
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This is too short a time to create an elite social group of jurists with asenseofprideand responsibility.
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Yet the project gave the majority of participants asenseofpridein their work, connectedness, and, above all, enjoyment.
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Recoveries are often reported in these contexts, but rarely with asenseofprideon the part of the recipient or on the part of those who prayed.
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We need a system in which we can all feel asenseofprideand which will be an asset to our economy.
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Cultural investment is often the focus of regeneration: it encourages jobs, promotes tourism and, most dramatically, turns around people'ssenseofpridein their regions.
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Having spoken to many of its representatives, it is clear that they rightly feel a greatsenseofpridein their trade.
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I feel asenseofpridethat the proposal, for which we had a good deal of responsibility, is being carried out across the world.
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But among the various departments of a local authority there is asenseofprideand interest.
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They will give the regions a greatersenseofprideand a new political voice, but it is up to the people to decide.
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Through our soldiers we can feel asenseofpridein the courage and skill that they have dedicated to the distribution of humanitarian aid.
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They get asenseofprideand achievement and gain new skills—we should not forget that.
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There are great advantages, if it can be achieved, in asenseofpridein the various organisations.
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We must instil asenseofpridein those who use and visit our cities and in the people who live in them.
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They feel asenseofprideand a sense of privacy.
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It is one in which no one can feel anysenseofpride.
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