succoring
Example Sentences
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“And of course he aimed most of his barbs at powerful successes — the best of them bearing Charlie’s insults as badges of pride — while succoring the out-of-fashion and beginners.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
Roosevelt, menwhile, turned to the task of succoring American families at the very outset of the New Deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2020
Spot cash actually slipped into China's palm last week: $100,000 as a gift from the American Red Cross to be used in succoring the estimated 10,000,000 victims of China's current flood-famine.
From Time Magazine Archive
He built up as a young man one of the most lucrative legal practices in India, then devoted all his possessions except the last wad or two of rags to succoring the needy.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had a tanned, broad-featured succoring face, the face of a person who could not abide conflict.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
