tragic history

collocation in English

meaningsoftragicandhistory

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tragic
adjective
uk
/ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/us
/ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/
very sad, often involving death ...
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history
noun
uk
/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us
/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition oftragicandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftragic history

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In the end, the eldest sister ghost tells a story, a sordid andtragichistoryin which marital ambition has a prominent part.
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Now that we come to assess their achievement in this area, we must take into account thetragichistorythat they have in common.
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We must not forget, however, that this situation is the product of atragichistory.
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European integration must continue to be based on a readiness to come to terms with the 20th century'stragichistory.
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In the light of thetragichistoryof the last half century this is understandable.
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We recognise that this will be no easy task because of ourtragichistory.
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I am not going to trace thetragichistoryof the last 25 years.
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In all their long andtragichistorythey have never gone through a period so terrible as this.
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We must do all we can to stop expansion and prevent ourtragichistoryfrom repeating itself.
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They are also the aspirations of the descendants of people who have had atragichistory.
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They have lived through thetragichistoryand now they have to heal the wounds.
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We all remember thattragichistoryin different ways.
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The experience of the constituency reflects thetragichistoryof the decline of an industry.
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It is impossible for me in the time at my disposal to go through thattragichistory, particularly as regards aerial disarmament.
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In all thetragichistoryof repression, there are few examples more glaring than this.
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Apart from the devastation of war, no other human activity has such atragichistory.
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We all know thetragichistoryof the past two years.
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I know how sad is thetragichistoryof the past.
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We have taken a consistent view throughout the wholetragichistorybefore and since the fighting began, in trying to get the two sides to the conference table.
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In the long, tumultuous and oftentragichistoryof the coal mining industry—my industry—there have been many periods when it has had to make adjustments to changing situations.
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