horrible situation

collocation in English

meaningsofhorribleandsituation

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horrible
adjective
uk
/ˈhɒr.ə.bəl/us
/ˈhɔːr.ə.bəl/
very unpleasant ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition ofhorribleandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Rather, he or she shows the sort of moral courage that we all hope we would be able to display if faced with such ahorriblesituation.
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What ahorriblesituation, and what an intolerable pressure to put upon anyone, least of all one who is aged and infirm!
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It is equally undeniable that thehorriblesituationin which we find ourselves is the result, without a doubt, of mismanagement of foreign policy.
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It is ahorriblesituationto have got into.
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I wish my noble friend could give me an absolute assurance that that kind ofhorriblesituationwill not happen.
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We may be in danger of creating what apparently are calledde factoghettoes—horrible words to describe ahorriblesituation.
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This is ahorriblesituationwhich has been arrived at.
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It would be ahorriblesituationif they were all to use them in public places at the same time.
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It is a pernicious andhorriblesituationthat too often is condoned by the victims' families, neighbours and communities.
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That seems to be ahorriblesituation, that a woman should be threatened in that way.
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It is ahorriblesituation.
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He tends to see the bright side in everyhorriblesituationhe's put in.
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Abdo worked diligently to take thishorriblesituationand turn it into a period of growth and change.
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One knows from one's own experience and practice that from time to time such horrible situations occur.
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That is probably one of the most horrible situations which now exists, and it will be recorded as such in mankind's history.
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