SUFFER in a Sentence

Learn SUFFER from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
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.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of SUFFER
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.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
2  My poor innocent spine has to suffer for my father's youthful amusements.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
3  You shall not suffer for my sake.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
4  You are asleep, Penelope: the gods who live at ease will not suffer you to weep and be so sad.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IV
5  There I saw Helen, for whose sake so many, both Argives and Trojans, were in heaven's wisdom doomed to suffer.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVII
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.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
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.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
8  Read on: only make haste, for I suffer.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
9  He would feel himself forsaken; his love rejected: he would suffer; perhaps grow desperate.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
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.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
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.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
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.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
13  People who suffer as I do from nervous complaints can have no great inclination for talking.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
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.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
15  But in matters of greater weight, I may suffer from want of money.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 33
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.