tragic circumstance
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftragicandcircumstance
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tragic
adjective
uk/ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/us/ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/
very sad, often involving death ...
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circumstance
noun
uk/ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/us/ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
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(Definition oftragicandcircumstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That was atragiccircumstancefor that man and his family, and for the young soldier involved.
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Would he say whether adequate compensation will be paid to the victims of the verytragiccircumstanceof that time?
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I explained thetragiccircumstancein which speed limiters on coaches were introduced.
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It is fair to say that this has become so common there that a lot of it does not even make the news—atragiccircumstance.
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I hope that it will ease the difficulties of people who face such atragiccircumstance.
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Once one goes beyond six months, nine months or a year, one of the participants might, in sometragiccircumstance, have died.
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Such atragiccircumstanceraises several key issues relating to health and safety.
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That seems to me to be a verytragiccircumstance, and one which is very irksome to those of us who have children of our own.
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It is a mosttragiccircumstance.
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I also agree with her about those who find themselves in thetragiccircumstancewhere they are the last remaining tenant and are subjected to harassment.
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That choice would obviously be different for different women, and in thattragiccircumstancea choice that in my opinion is equally dignified can occur in both cases.
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It is a verytragiccircumstance.
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Incompatible world views were being brought together by tragic circumstances and conflict seemed inevitable.
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Shaw's acting excluded any melodramatic manifestations of 'suffering', thus emphasizing the character's moral dilemma and tragic circumstances.
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He paid tribute to his predecessor who was lost in tragic circumstances.
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I am asking not for compensation for bereavement but for practical and immediate help in such tragic circumstances.
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I hope that he will pass on to her family my sympathy, as a parent, about the tragic circumstances of her case.
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There will be considerable relief at the outcome of the inquiry in view of the tragic circumstances of 11 years ago.
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It is right for hospital authorities to carry out the task in the tragic circumstances involved.
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Many more tragic circumstances were brought to our notice during those debates in 1968.
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