long-suffering

It appeared to be business as usual for long-suffering England fans when Australia won the first Test at Lord's by 239 runs.

“It gets really bad at Christmastime,” one long-suffering woman working at the pastry counter told me, noting that Yuletide season is fast upon us.

These, however, also feel funereal, like death masks taken after a long-suffering friend has been freed finally from corporeal struggles.

Ministers point to how they are planning to raise tax, as well as the amount, suggesting a squeeze on wealth, capital and income from those sources, rather than long-suffering pay packets.

Insisting it was "pronounced Bouquet," Hyacinth ran roughshod over her long-suffering husband and bewildered neighbours in Keeping Up Appearances, one of Britain's most successful sitcoms in the 1990s.