horrible experience
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhorribleandexperience
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horrible
adjective
uk/ˈhɒr.ə.bəl/us/ˈhɔːr.ə.bəl/
very unpleasant ...
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experience
noun
uk/ɪkˈspɪə.ri.əns/us/ɪkˈspɪr.i.əns/
(the process of getting) knowledge or skill from doing, seeing, or ...
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(Definition ofhorribleandexperiencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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First of all, a lot of women in the elderly population had friends who were radiated 30 or 40 years ago, who hadhorribleexperiencewith radiation.
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Secondly, even witnessing a crime can be ahorribleexperience, and going to court can be daunting.
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Such treatment is ahorribleexperience, and doctors have warned recently that some children suffer long-term psychological disorders after the use of a stomach pump.
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It is ahorribleexperienceto see this sort of thing happening, but it is not new.
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The reality is that it is ahorribleexperiencefor many—and not just for civilians.
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He said that when a man is taken to be hanged it is an especiallyhorribleexperience.
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Thathorribleexperiencewe had for seven months.
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It is also a prettyhorribleexperiencefor both students and those settled communities where landlords take over properties.
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We have already had ahorribleexperiencein that area with the consumer credit licensing system.
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There are considerable problems in nominating one person who is representative of that whole wide body ofhorribleexperience.
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That is because there is always thathorribleexperienceabout to happen when the pub shuts.
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I have visited many, always out of duty, never out of pleasure, for watching animals die is ahorribleexperience, no matter how clinically perfect the conditions may be.
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However, it was ahorribleexperience.
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It was ahorribleexperience.
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Do you really think this was funny, thishorribleexperience?
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Though it's ahorribleexperience, it's not as if violence hasn't affected many of us.
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