sufferance
Example Sentences
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—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
Mary Roy and her children lived on their relatives’ sufferance.
From The New Yorker • May 29, 2017
My tears were not for Bailey or Mother or even myself but for the helplessness of mortals who live on the sufferance of Life.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
Vocabulary lists containing sufferance
The Declaration of Independence
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Julius Caesar
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Much Ado About Nothing
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