sordid story

collocation in English

meaningsofsordidandstory

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sordid
adjective
uk
/ˈsɔː.dɪd/us
/ˈsɔːr.dɪd/
dirty ...
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story
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstɔː.ri/us
/ˈstɔːr.i/
a description, either true or imagined, of a connected series ...
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(Definition ofsordidandstoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsordid story

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It was then that the wholesordidstorybecame clearer.
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We are entitled to a full public inquiry into the management of the company and the wholesordidstory.
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That is not the end of thesordidstory.
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I consider this to be asordidstory.
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The factory is now empty and officialdom keeps quiet about the whole sorry andsordidstory.
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The wholesordidstoryis one of laxity and mis-management.
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I make no apology for recounting it, for it should be widely known for thesordidstorythat it is.
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Is not this whole rathersordidstorya strong additional reason for the public ownership of the whole steel industry?
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Where the balance went is another sad and even moresordidstory.
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Now, page by page, the wholesordidstoryis unfolded to us.
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But this is a verysordidstory; it is a story of the hasty disposal of public assets not in the public interest.
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I am not prepared to go over thesordidstoryagain.
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This is asordidstory.
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It is a verysordidstory.
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This is indeed asordidstory.
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It is asordidstory.
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Really, this is a mostsordidstory.
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Thissordidstoryfalls into four parts.
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The first part is a very dark andsordidstory.
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Eventually the boy starts to open up to reveal hissordidstory.
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