sad news
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsadandnews
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sad
adjective
uk/sæd/us/sæd/
unhappy ...
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news
noun[U]
uk/njuːz/us/nuːz/
information or reports about ...
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(Definition ofsadandnewsfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsad news
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Thesadnewsis that he has been unable to give final shape to a study that could be acclaimed definitive.
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Now, tonight, we have thesadnewsabout the shipyard.
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For him, this is undoubtedly exceedinglysadnews.
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That issadnews, but we shall put a brave face on it.
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Her death issadnewsfor all of us who knew her.
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This issadnewsindeed, though not entirely unexpected.
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The students afterwards told me somesadnews.
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I accept that, in the past few days, we have heard furthersadnewsabout closures.
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It issadnews, because such practices tend to be passed down from generation to generation.
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It issadnewsto read this report and to see how far we are slipping.
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We must break thesadnewsto our constituents that the second banking directive is of a different character.
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However, thesadnewsis that an upturn in the housing market will not happen.
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That issadnewsfor those who are involved in small and medium-sized business, as well as for those employed by them.
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Following the rathersadnewslast week about the bypass, it is good news that jobs are to be created in an area where there is a weak economy.
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Teachers, governors, parents and children will be stunned by thesadnewsthat they have just had, and people will be justifiably angry.
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That issadnewsfor the producers of all the old biocides, but if we take sustainable development seriously then the damaging products will have to disappear in due course.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I ran with all my speed, and in ten minutes thesadnewswas all over the country.
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She also brought up verysadnewsof a sealing gang.
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Kirby, in a touching moment, walks over to the boy and tells him thesadnews.
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Abel revealssadnews: her mother left because nothing remained.
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