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
Scarlett moves about from Atlanta to Charleston, from Savannah to Ireland, chasing Rhett, making a fortune in real estate, succoring rebel peasants and raising a child.
From Time Magazine Archive
Long ago—in the early spring of 1924—Congress embarked upon the task of succoring the farmer.
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
