domestic scene

collocation in English

meaningsofdomesticandscene

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domestic
adjective
uk
/dəˈmes.tɪk/us
/dəˈmes.tɪk/
relating to a person's ...
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scene
noun
uk
/siːn/us
/siːn/
a part of a play or film in which the action stays in one place for a continuous period ...
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(Definition ofdomesticandscenefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdomestic scene

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Where novels use constructed allegories, periodicals can emblematically connect politics to thedomesticscene.
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Thedomesticsceneis very depressing.
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Let us look at thedomesticscene.
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I turn now to thedomesticscene.
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Try to visualise thedomesticscenewhen that happens.
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I turn from that to thedomesticscene.
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I want to talk about thedomesticscene.
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I now turn to thedomesticscenehere.
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I now wish to turn shortly to thedomesticscene.
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The communal space was domesticated, then, and the direction of the prisoners' activity within that space strongly referenced the bourgeoisdomesticscene.
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And what is true on the international scene is no less true on thedomesticscene.
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With international caveats to be made, thedomesticscenelooks set fair.
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I profoundly disagreed with virtually everthing that he said about thedomesticscene.
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It is incredible that there should be this concentration on the trivialdomesticscene.
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As is generally acknowledged, thedomesticscenethis year is overshadowed by the international context.
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On ourdomesticscenepiracy is still a problem, although on nothing like the same scale.
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Sadly, ourdomesticscenehas darkened and the divisions in our society are—alas!
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I am confident that my colleagues will show both, on thedomesticsceneand internationally.
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I would have hoped it had long since disappeared from thedomesticscene.
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One would think that they had balanced the books completely on thedomesticsceneand on the international front.
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It was a film of adomesticscenein which one saw on the screen a group of people sitting round a table playing cards.
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If one looks at the wholedomesticscenein this country the numbers involved in such cases are small, although the need is growing.
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There can be no doubt that in the course of that review many aspects of thedomesticscenewill also be reviewed.
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Over the past few weeks you have been playing down your chances of delivering on this, certainly on thedomesticscene.
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There are alarming numbers of families sadly marked by violence within thedomesticscene, a subject which has just been highlighted in a recent book.
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