sort of nonsense

collocation in English

meaningsofsortandnonsense

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sort
noun
uk
/sɔːt/us
/sɔːrt/
a group of things that are of the same type or that share ...
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nonsense
noun
uk
/ˈnɒn.səns/us
/ˈnɑːn.sens/
an idea, something said or written, or behaviour that is silly ...
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(Definition ofsortandnonsensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Let us immediately sweep away thissortofnonsense, which even tourist offices and travel agents no longer try to dispense.
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All thissortofnonsenseseems to arise from an obsolete system.
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Thatsortofnonsensehas gone on too long.
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That is thesortofnonsensewe get from him.
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Whatsortofnonsenseis it to set out to do a job and put in charge someone who does not want it to happen?
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We want an end of all thatsortofnonsense.
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Whatsortofnonsensewill emerge from this arrangement?
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That is thesortofnonsenseone begins to think about when one considers the implications of adjectives like "grave".
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I am sure that the courts would quickly put a stop to thatsortofnonsense.
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Until all of us exercise our freedom to refuse to buy newspapers that operate those double standards, thatsortofnonsensewill continue.
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Thatsortofnonsensecould come to an end quickly if common sense were applied on both sides.
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That is thesortofnonsenseone is trying to stop.
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It is time that thatsortofnonsensewas stopped once and for all.
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Whatsortofnonsenseis this, where the scientific research and development of the country is divided up into these little compartments.
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We must guard against thatsortofnonsense.
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There is something badly wrong with an economic system that encourages thatsortofnonsense.
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This country will not stand for thatsortofnonsenseagain.
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To get up and talk thatsortofnonsenseis an insult to the country.
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We should get away from thatsortofnonsense.
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That is thesortofnonsensethat promotes fraud.
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