sense of grievance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsenseandgrievance
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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grievance
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɡriː.vəns/us/ˈɡriː.vəns/
a complaint or a strong feeling that you have been ...
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(Definition ofsenseandgrievancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theirsenseofgrievancewas 'aggravated' when they heard that the head jobbers had been paid a bonus.
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As soon as some mills increased wages, they unleashed a spate of wage demands and a deepeningsenseofgrievanceacross the industry.
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Asenseofgrievanceamong the losers is evident.
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If the application should fail, he inevitably feels asenseofgrievance.
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There is nosenseofgrievanceor complaint behind it.
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In those cases, a realsenseofgrievancewould be created that would further damage relations between the motorist and law enforcement agencies.
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This was the kind of injustice which of course produced bad feeling and a bittersenseofgrievance.
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There is nearly always a deepsenseofgrievance.
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We realise that the men feel asenseofgrievance.
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Those excluded from the concession would in my view have a genuinesenseofgrievance.
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This would surely lessen a not unjustifiedsenseofgrievance.
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It is important to deal with that partly because of thesenseofgrievancefelt by many fathers.
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That thissenseofgrievancewas not unjustified is clear from a number of independent investigations.
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Further, it removes anysenseofgrievanceon the grounds that this or that country is going short while there is a surplus somewhere else.
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There is, therefore, good reason why in our own administration of our trust we should do everything possible to avoid creating thatsenseofgrievance.
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It is not surprising that they have asenseofgrievance.
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I believe that it would also remove a realsenseofgrievancewhich exists in the minds of many taxpayers.
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It is so opaque that there is bound to be asenseofgrievanceon both sides.
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They are burning with a deepsenseofgrievance.
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These people feel such asenseofgrievancethat they have been forced to demonstrate their feelings, for the first time ever.
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