suffering
Example Sentences
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In the mural “Troubled Island,” Noni Olabisi chronicles the Haitian struggle for independence, including how suffering under French colonists led to the 1791 slave rebellion.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Jill Biden speaks about the pain and suffering her husband endured during the last presidential campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
“The El Niño is going to be very bad this year, and there are spots in the United States already suffering from a drought,” he told me in a recent interview.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
"The fighting is still ongoing, people are suffering and two decades later, more countries than ever before have troops deployed in Somalia."
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
I had read an article in the Herald about soldiers suffering from something called shell-shock.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Vocabulary lists containing suffering
Because of Winn-Dixie
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"The Young American" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The House of Hades
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