sad story

collocation in English

meaningsofsadandstory

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sad
adjective
uk
/sæd/us
/sæd/
unhappy ...
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story
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstɔː.ri/us
/ˈstɔːr.i/
a description, either true or imagined, of a connected series ...
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(Definition ofsadandstoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsad story

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It's asadstory, engraved on my mind.
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It is asadstory.
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That is asadstory.
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This is asadstory.
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That is thesadstory.
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And it knows tragedy, thesadstorythat in the battle against nature and the odds we sometimes lose.
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It is asadstory, all right.
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This is rather asadstory.
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It has been a verysadstory.
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This is a verysadstory.
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But it has been asadstory.
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It is altogether asadstory.
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It is rather asadstory.
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What asadstorythat is.
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Perhaps it is asadstory.
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It has been asadstory.
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It is a verysadstory.
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The death is asadstory.
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Thissadstorybegan eight years ago.
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But thatsadstoryis past.
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It is, indeed, asadstory.
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It is an extremelysadstory.
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That is a prettysadstory.
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I will not rehearse thissadstory.
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