suffer
IPA: sˈʌfɝ
verb
- (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
- (intransitive) To feel pain.
- (intransitive) To become worse.
- (transitive) To endure, undergo.
- (transitive, archaic, law) To allow.
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Examples of "suffer" in Sentences
- They are suffering from severe pain.
- Anyone ensnared by it suffers damage from the electricity.
- Many Ibajaynons suffered the painful consequences of the war.
- His works frequently depicted suffering, penury and human pain.
- He suffered the extreme pain and indignity of a straight jacket.
- Hedonic damages attempt to compensate for that suffering with settlements.
- The amount of pain and discomfort suffered by the victim is comparable, too.
- The infliction of pain and suffering is a delight comparable with none other.
- The amount of pain and discomfort suffered by the victim is comparable as well.
- So attempted defenses of Obama along these lines suffer from a fatal circularity.
- About 90% of diabetics – 2.5 million people in the UK – suffer from the type 2 condition.
- Unlike corporeal representatives, corporations wouldn't suffer from the ravages of age and infirmity.
- Those suffering from diabetes must also suffer the frequent pain of drawing blood by apinprick on the finger.
- The GOP seems to suffer from the Reagan delusion that cutting taxes will spur the economy and back-fill for tax cuts.
- Unfortunately, especially since the rise of the Internet, readers suffer from a breadth of choice that terrifies, and much of it (although poor) is free.
- On one side are the proponents of individual responsibility, who believe that fat people suffer from a surplus of self-indulgence and a shortage of willpower.
- Speaking at the U.N. Conference on Climate Change in N.w York, President Obama says the world must address climate change now, or what he calls suffer irreversible catastrophe.