appalling circumstances

collocation in English

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appalling
adjective
uk
/əˈpɔː.lɪŋ/us
/əˈpɑː.lɪŋ/
very ...
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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 ofappallingandcircumstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The photographs accompanying that story depicted the appalling circumstances in which pensioners lived and were censored from the article.
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He told me about the appalling circumstances in which he had to live because there was no such provision.
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That work was completed to price and on time and was of excellent quality, despite the appalling circumstances.
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If young people in such appalling circumstances cannot qualify for housing under the vulnerability provisions, in what circumstances can they apply?
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We often deal with children at risk, with battered wives, and with people in all manner of appalling circumstances.
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They have led to the highest number of admissions to hospital following unsatisfactory operations carried out sometimes in the most appalling circumstances.
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I cannot accept that for a moment, even given the appalling circumstances in which some of those people may have acted in the past.
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Let us contrast all that with the appalling circumstances of 1979.
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That shows the appalling circumstances in which some cowboy employers ask their drivers to work.
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We should not allow appalling circumstances to disguise the fact that, in the main, they provide a fantastic service to the people of this country.
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There seems at last to be an opportunity to get to grips with those appalling circumstances.
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There is a continuing problem because people are trying to survive in appalling circumstances.
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Devaluation was at five minutes past midnight, and we know the appalling circumstances in which that decision was taken.
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We all have an obligation to think constructively about what can be done to help people in those appalling circumstances.
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If the suggestions are correct, appalling circumstances will be created.
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We are supposed to listen to people, and some people are in appalling circumstances because of lack of pension splitting.
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That will be a great improvement on the present proposal and on many of the present appalling circumstances in which sheep are transported.
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It bubbles up, effervescent, in the most appalling circumstances.
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Frequently, community development workers discover that the reply from those who live in these appalling circumstances is quite different from what might have been expected.
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