appalling tragedy

collocation in English

meaningsofappallingandtragedy

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appalling
adjective
uk
/əˈpɔː.lɪŋ/us
/əˈpɑː.lɪŋ/
very ...
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tragedy
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈtrædʒ.ə.di/us
/ˈtrædʒ.ə.di/
a very sad event or situation, especially one involving death ...
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(Definition ofappallingandtragedyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That such anappallingtragedyin such circumstances could occur was greeted first with total disbelief and then with furled anger in my constituency.
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It is anappallingtragedyand most regrettable.
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What should have been for hundreds of children a day of rejoicing – their first day at school – turned into anappallingtragedy.
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I agree wholeheartedly that it would be anappallingtragedyif we failed to make that progress.
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It was the shortage of beds, caused by the shortage of funding in the national health service, that led to thisappallingtragedy.
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There is a deep sense of sorrow and sympathy, and people feel that some good must come out of thisappallingtragedy.
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It is therefore, wholly right that this debate is being held to focus attention on thisappallingtragedy.
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I certainly have a very much better understanding of theappallingtragedybeing enacted in that country.
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That is why their efforts have been so ineffective in dealing with thisappallingtragedy.
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This is the history of anappallingtragedyagainst the background of pledges that were inconsistent one with another.
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All of us were deeply sympathetic to the position she found herself in after theappallingtragedyof the cocklers.
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The hearts of the whole country went out to the bereaved families and, indeed, to all those involved in thisappallingtragedy.
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Then he goes on to say that behind these cases of persons boycotted there is anappallingtragedy.
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Those organised groups do not care about human safety; they care only for profit and thisappallingtragedyis a grim reminder of that.
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It would be anappallingtragedyif doubt were to be cast upon the continuance of its work.
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It is essential that thisappallingtragedyis subject to the fullest investigation.
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Theappallingtragedyis that it not only can but still is being done four years after those words were written.
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A war today would be anappallingtragedywhich every reasonable person must strive passionately to avoid.
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The mining areas present anappallingtragedyat the present moment, a national tragedy.
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I repeat: it is the mostappallingtragedythat so many haemophiliacs have been affected.
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