SUFFER in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for SUFFER, such as:
1. You shall not suffer for my sake.
2. Better one suffer, than a nation grieve.
3. He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.
4. At least he didn't suffer overmuch before he died.
5. No one should have to suffer such degrading treatment.
2. Better one suffer, than a nation grieve.
3. He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.
4. At least he didn't suffer overmuch before he died.
5. No one should have to suffer such degrading treatment.
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Meanings and Examples of SUFFER
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suffer
v. be set at a disadvantage
v. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Yes, indeed, and there's another class who can't ask, and who suffer in silence.
2 My poor innocent spine has to suffer for my father's youthful amusements.
3 You shall not suffer for my sake.
4 You are asleep, Penelope: the gods who live at ease will not suffer you to weep and be so sad.
5 There I saw Helen, for whose sake so many, both Argives and Trojans, were in heaven's wisdom doomed to suffer.
6 I will suffer no competitor near the throne; I shall exact an undivided homage: his devotions shall not be shared between me and the shape he sees in his mirror.
7 You are silly, because, suffer as you may, you will not beckon it to approach, nor will you stir one step to meet it where it waits you.
8 Read on: only make haste, for I suffer.
9 He would feel himself forsaken; his love rejected: he would suffer; perhaps grow desperate.
10 I watch your career with interest, because I consider you a specimen of a diligent, orderly, energetic woman: not because I deeply compassionate what you have gone through, or what you still suffer.
11 With St. Paul, I acknowledge myself the chiefest of sinners; but I do not suffer this sense of my personal vileness to daunt me.
12 I should suffer often, no doubt, attached to him only in this capacity: my body would be under rather a stringent yoke, but my heart and mind would be free.
13 People who suffer as I do from nervous complaints can have no great inclination for talking.
14 The discussion of Mr. Collins's offer was now nearly at an end, and Elizabeth had only to suffer from the uncomfortable feelings necessarily attending it, and occasionally from some peevish allusions of her mother.
15 But in matters of greater weight, I may suffer from want of money.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 His wife would not be able to cope and might suffer a nervous breakdown.
2 She believes the research understates the amount of discrimination women suffer.
3 Your enjoyment of a novel can suffer from too much analysis and dissection.
4 If you knock the ball with your hand in football, you will suffer a penalty.
5 No one should have to suffer such degrading treatment.
6 Learn to suffer without complaining; that is the best thing I can teach you.
7 Better one suffer, than a nation grieve.
8 She could suffer irreversible brain damage if she is not treated within seven days.
9 Outsiders will continue to suffer the most blatant discrimination.
10 Some addicts suffer violent mood swings if deprived of the drug.
11 He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.
12 They suffer from health problems and fear the long term effects of radiation.
13 Students may suffer severe financial hardship as a result of the government's decision.
14 They decided to kill themselves rather than suffer a worse fate at the hands of their enemy.
15 At least he didn't suffer overmuch before he died.