horrible event

collocation in English

meaningsofhorribleandevent

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horrible
adjective
uk
/ˈhɒr.ə.bəl/us
/ˈhɔːr.ə.bəl/
very unpleasant ...
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event
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈvent/us
/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition ofhorribleandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhorrible event

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Now these are the dangers to which our people would be exposed in thehorribleeventof war.
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Lately a particularlyhorribleeventhas been reported.
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I still question how valuable and how necessary it is, notwithstanding thehorribleeventthat has just taken place.
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It is always tempting after horrible events like these to conclude that we should rip up our strategy and come up with a new plan.
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In some cases, there is detailed evidence implicating people in certain ghastly and horrible events.
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I believe that a true history is the proper means of recording these horrible events.
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We were asked to imagine a million dead fish lying at the water's edge, and other horrible events.
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These war games brought home to anybody the fantastically horrible events that would surround such a scenario.
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These horrible events are shown with an absolute minimum of dialogue, which is so poorly recorded that it often can not be heard.
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A third school of thought is that horrible events come about from people bestowing them as being originally, or overall beneficial.
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Candide is confronted with horrible events described in painstaking detail so often that it becomes humorous.
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Terror is characterized by obscurity or indeterminacy in its treatment of potentially horrible events; it is this indeterminacy which leads to the sublime.
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