long-suffering

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.

He told the actor that he was a fan of his and had loved watching the American Pie films - the coming of age movies starring Levy as a long-suffering father.

He said he had been a fan of the American Pie series of films – the bawdy coming-of-age movies in which Levy played a long-suffering father.

To the loyal and long-suffering fans of Orange County, Trout is their Gwynn.

It was an evening that promised so much for Aaron Rodgers, the New York Jets and their long-suffering fans.