suffering

Example Sentences

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Following the successful surgery, his medical team deemed it necessary to treat his recurrent hiccups, which he had been suffering from for months.

From BBC

"Looking after them is all I have ever known. I can't stand the thought of them suffering."

From BBC

Sand and dust storms -- driven by severe drought, rising temperatures and deforestation -- have cloaked cities and villages in an endless ochre haze, grounded flights and filled hospitals with patients suffering from breathing difficulties.

From Barron's

Congress also passed the so-called Fiscal Innocence bill—an amnesty measure to encourage Argentines to put undeclared cash back into the bank without suffering penalties for tax evasion.

From The Wall Street Journal

He sees this research not as the next frontier of coercive mind control but as another way to alleviate mental suffering, alongside medications and cognitive therapies.

From Los Angeles Times