adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an unholy row informal (= a very angry row )
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An unholy row broke out between two of the men drinking in the bar.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
alliance
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It was the potential in this unholy alliance that she feared.
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Smith particularly feared unholy alliances between business and government.
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An unholy alliance with other minorities to preserve ideological positions otherwise unacceptable to the electorate does not appeal as a noble enterprise.
row
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And five thousand years on: An unholy row over the Dead Sea Scrolls.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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What are you making such an unholy fuss about?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the edges of her symbol were darkened by the unholy fires of self-doubt.
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Eating flesh was unholy , and blood would stain an altar; only meal and grain were acceptable for food and sacrifice.
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Meanwhile over the top sings Mel, clearer and truer than before, apparently blissfully unaware of the unholy mayhem beneath her.
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Smith particularly feared unholy alliances between business and government.
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The unholy triumvirate of developer, planner and architect had maimed it for ever in the sixties and seventies.
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We were the most unholy trinity on the face of the earth, or else the most holy.