sufferance
Example Sentences
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“He’s caught between the reality that he knows and understands and the perspectives and desires and agendas of the owners at whose sufferance he serves,” Edwards said.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2021
—Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government.
From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021
So anything we take is really on their sufferance.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2020
Both hobby and commercial pilots have access to their technology only at the sufferance of the government and the public: It’s a privilege that can and will be taken away if the bad behavior continues.
From Slate • Jan. 3, 2018
What was worse, Lola had made it clear that she too would be acting on sufferance.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
