horrifying thought

collocation in English

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horrifying
adjective
uk
/ˈhɒr.ɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈhɔːr.ə.faɪ.ɪŋ/
very ...
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thought
noun[C or U]
uk
/θɔːt/us
/θɑːt/
the act of thinking about or considering something, an idea or opinion, or a set of ideas about a ...
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(Definition ofhorrifyingandthoughtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The statistical chances of another accident must exist, although it is ahorrifyingthoughtthat somewhere in the world there could be another accident.
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I do not think we need worry about that for quite a few years but it is rather ahorrifyingthought.
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That is good news, unless it implies that they are going to introduce a crooked one or a serrated one —ahorrifyingthought.
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To a limited extent, our faces are what we make them through our lives, which is ahorrifyingthought.
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It is ahorrifyingthought, that one dare hardly even contemplate.
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That the whole of the population of this nation will have spent a year at an impressionable stage of their lives learning these two lessons is ahorrifyingthought.
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It may sound a ratherhorrifyingthoughtwhen one considers the variety of constitutions that would arise throughout the country; but why not?
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The aircraft that are now beginning to come forward will be in service well into the next century, perhaps until about 2030 —rather ahorrifyingthoughtfor some of us.
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That is ahorrifyingthought.
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It is a mosthorrifyingthought.
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It is ahorrifyingthought.
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I find that ahorrifyingthought.
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That is rather ahorrifyingthought.
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These are horrifying thoughts which underline the necessity of coming to a new understanding of the political balance in the world.
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