long-suffering

Example Sentences

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The statement didn’t mention the goal of regime change or the prospect of empowering the country’s long-suffering opposition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Most of the pain will be felt by the long-suffering Iranian people.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

The president, the survivor of countless negotiations with his long-suffering creditors, chose his words carefully.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, Reese Witherspoon triumphed for playing June Carter, the talented, long-suffering wife of Johnny Cash, in “Walk the Line.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

In a gesture to its longtime, long-suffering ally, Peru symbolically gave two miles of its shoreline to Bolivia in 1992.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann