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Example sentences for "suffer"

Lexicographically close words:
suerties; sues; suet; suete; suey; sufferance; sufferd; suffered; sufferer; sufferers
  1. The keeper had seen and spoken to him, had opened the gate of the castle to suffer him to pass out, or at least fancied he had.

  2. It is not He who said, "Suffer little children to come unto me.

  3. Squalid, forsaken, neglected; they are yet of those to whom the Sinless said, "Suffer little children to come unto me.

  4. Hearts answer to hearts, and no heart could fail to know that a woman in Hetty's position must suffer keenly and constantly.

  5. It is worse than death to see him suffer so.

  6. For instance: I hope that the believers of God may become the cause of the unity and agreement of the human realm, and suffer other nations and communities of the world to enter under the shade of the Canopy of Oneness.

  7. Assign for him every bounty and suffer him to become the sign of Thy gifts amid Thy people.

  8. Suffer him to abide in a blessed abode and cause him to enter into a retreat of faithfulness and favor him to everlastingly dwell in the heavenly paradise, the precinct of meeting in the shelter of Thy great mercy!

  9. Suffer us to be signs of guidance, standards of Thy manifest Religion throughout the world, servants of Thy Great Covenant—O our exalted Lord!

  10. Suffer thy home to become a nest for the dove of the Holy Spirit and thine eye the mirror for the reflection of the Beauty of the Almighty.

  11. I supplicate God that He suffer thee to become a herald of the Kingdom in all those places, so that thou mayest proclaim the glad-tidings of the Lord of Hosts.

  12. Suffer us to ascend to Thy Kingdom and to sit at the tables of thy divine world.

  13. Suffer the thirsty ones to drink from the Salsabil(160) of Thy gifts, and quicken the dead by eternal life.

  14. Drink thou as much as thou canst from this overflowing cup of the love of God and then cause others to drink; take thou a portion from this ocean of guidance and then suffer others to share.

  15. Show them the mystery of the Kingdom and suffer them to hear the soul-elevating harmony of heaven!

  16. The country continues to suffer substantial economic hardships, with one-fourth of the population below the poverty line.

  17. Millions of people continue to suffer from insufficient food, clothing, housing, and lack of medical care.

  18. Unreliable electric supplies continue to hamper expansion in manufacturing; small and medium-sized retail firms also suffer due to the dismal power situation.

  19. He must not steal anything even to the value of a penny, or suffer it to be done, or shield anyone guilty of theft, but report the fact to the Master with all speed.

  20. We never suffer any religious disputes in our Lodges, and, as Masons, we only pursue the universal religion, the Religion of Nature.

  21. He said to himself he would not have to suffer long--he must soon go to sleep, and so die.

  22. She had too often to suffer from her father's rudeness not to enjoy its bringing him into a scrape.

  23. If you will suffer me to go on deck I can see whether all hands have boarded the barque.

  24. Why, death by slow strangulation would be a pleasure to some of the tortures she will suffer if she does not find it again.

  25. Poor fellow," said he, stroking the tired steed, "you are unfortunate in being obliged to suffer for the folly of your rider.

  26. I too must suffer the dreadful loss of a part of myself, let it be so, and I shall at least fare as they have fared, and we will share an equal fate.

  27. Martin: Then let the tale wilt, since indifference is a blight no story can suffer and live.

  28. What percentage of the total number of patients admitted to Bellevue Hospital suffer directly or indirectly from syphilis?

  29. Yet such persons constitute but a small proportion of those who, even among the poor, suffer from these disorders.

  30. Diseases are very prevalent among them, and visitors suffer severely for their temporary pleasures.

  31. There is reason to suspect, though it can not be positively proved, that no small portion of the latter suffer a violent death by the hands of their mothers.

  32. The present work is not the place in which to discuss the fact, or to point out a remedy, or indicate the deficiencies of a system which can suffer such a question to arise.

  33. Berlin will have to suffer for years from the consequences of this misdirected step, for it is an easy matter to abandon all control, but an exceedingly difficult one to regain it.

  34. While human passion exists, and while the means of gratifying it can be obtained, you and yours can and will, nay, do now suffer from it, directly or indirectly.

  35. The keeper who is shown to have been party to the same will suffer double punishment.

  36. The misery and inconvenience which the poor suffer from the straitness of their domestic arrangements are beyond belief.

  37. A sinne it were to suffer these rare monuments of wit to lye covered in dust and a shame such conceipted comedies should be acted by none but wormes.

  38. Now without doubt among the "least" are also those who are in sin and spiritual poverty, captivity and need, of whom there are at present far more than of those who suffer bodily need.

  39. Christ permitted the children to come to Him, and would not suffer any one to forbid them [Mark 10:13 ff.

  40. Even though I suffer certain things, from which I see that those men are free, nevertheless I trust that God is far more good to me than He is to them.

  41. Whatever another suffers, that I suffer and bear; whatever good befalls him, befalls me.

  42. They, indeed, suffered because of their innocence, but I suffer because of my sins.

  43. They even suffer the Gospel and Christian faith everywhere to go to rack and ruin, and do not intend to lose a hair for it.

  44. Peter iv, "Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God, commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

  45. If you suffer because of your sins, then you ought to rejoice that your sins are being purged away.

  46. Even so, no man is safe from the evils that befall any other; for what one has suffered another may suffer also.

  47. Paul says, "God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

  48. If we will but consider the deaths, so diverse and so terrible, with which other sinners are punished, we shall soon see how great a gain is ours in that we suffer far less than we have deserved.

  49. So that, when we are oppressed by any present evil, it is only to remind us of some great gain with which God is honoring us, in that He does not suffer us to be overwhelmed by the multitude of evils with which we are surrounded.

  50. All that you have seen to-night has been make-believe; I'm not the woman to let the black of my nail suffer for such a camel, much less die!

  51. I never care twopence what she says; but you'll suffer a martyrdom like St. Sebastian.

  52. If he is guilty, he'll suffer in the end, you may be sure.

  53. Well, if her love was selfish, she did not on that account suffer any the less--but rather more.

  54. But she will suffer if he's hanged," said Mrs. Sauls; and George looked up.

  55. Leave, also, the princess in my hands; for it would indeed be a sin to suffer so charming a lady and so gallant a charger to remain in such keeping.

  56. I suffer enough inwardly without having outward evils added to my lot.

  57. She is now on the highroad to recovery; but, deprived of our ministrations, she would suffer an immediate relapse, and die!

  58. He must begin smoking again, or he will suffer an agony of physical and mental torture.

  59. But there are large money interests which would suffer by such reforms, you say?

  60. He must "suffer for sins, that He might bring us to God" (1 Pet.

  61. Think of the devoted lives led by the Apostles, "rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame" (Acts v.

  62. Suffer me for a moment to speak to your prisoner.

  63. Christ suffered for us; let us be ready to suffer for Him.

  64. To avoid a similar fate, Seneca entreated the Emperor to accept all his possessions and to suffer him to retire.

  65. The more delicate slaves had their faces covered with masks, or tinged with cosmetics, lest their complexions should suffer from the sunlight.

  66. These things are, I know, as the gods decide, and sometimes they suffer wickedness to triumph.

  67. And all that she could do was to resign her soul, and suffer it to be borne along unresisting on that stream of prayer.

  68. Look at it, ye who would know what is the tolerance, the freedom from prejudice, which can suffer such an incarnation of all that is devilish to lie unharmed in the cradle of Nature!

  69. These witches have been condemned by a Court Ecclesiastic, the judges being a bishop, a prior and myself, and in pursuance of that judgment were about to suffer for their sins by fire," replied Maldon.

  70. If there is a God He will never suffer such a thing.

  71. Having allowed him to suffer enough, I gave him two coins instead of one, and with them the satisfaction of the last grin.

  72. It is a sign that you will suffer for what you are doing to me.

  73. Unfortunately, it appears[36] that the Pombo had seen a vision during the night in which a spirit told him that, if he did not kill us, he and his country would suffer some great misfortune.

  74. You will suffer pain, for the spirit who watches over the Raots will let no one enter their homes.

  75. Burns are treated by smearing butter over them; and a poultice of rhubarb is used to send down swellings of contusions as well as for the purpose of bringing boils, from which the Tibetans suffer much, to a speedy maturation.

  76. A common complaint, especially among the older women, was rheumatism, from which they seemed to suffer considerably.

  77. You are the first stranger who has done so, and you will suffer much.

  78. It appears that the unpleasant sword exercise is sometimes gone through in Tibet previous to actually cutting off the head, so as to make the victim suffer more before the final blow is given.

  79. Though not usually much affected by physical pain, I unfortunately suffer greatly under any mental stress.

  80. It really made my heart bleed to see these two brave fellows suffer as they did for my sake; and yet no word of complaint came from them; not once did their lips utter a reproach.

  81. However, I have heard it said, that there are people who will suffer this; they have it certainly in their will; every one may do what he pleases with his own property.

  82. Do not smother that spark, nor suffer it to be corrupted, for know it is of divine origin; neither substitute the wretched debates of the schools in the place of the voice of nature.

  83. The governor ordered them all to be thrown into a lake with stones about their necks; immediately after which they appeared to Theodotus, and begged of him, “that he would not suffer their bodies to be devoured by the fishes.

  84. I should say to the bishop of Hippo: “My lord, as you have had two opinions, your lordship will be kind enough to suffer me to abide by your first, since I really think it the best.

  85. Marvin, vivaciously, "if you will form some of my tastes you will never suffer from ennui.

  86. These thoughts, having once been admitted, grew upon her mind rapidly, for it is hard to suffer through another and maintain a gentle charity.

  87. Men of almost every description had sought her smiles, but he did not suffer by comparison.

  88. It is my misfortune to catch fire on a sudden, to answer letters the moment I receive them, when they touch me sensibly, and to suffer passion to dictate my expressions more than my reason.

  89. No good man can with impunity addict himself to party, and the best men will suffer most because their conviction of the goodness of their cause is deeper.

  90. They were ready to take his word, knowing that they would not suffer by so doing.

  91. To use a homely image, if you put your leg in the way of a cannon ball which seems spent, but is still rolling, you will suffer by the experiment.

  92. Place the stacks a thousand miles apart, he would stand stock still midway between them, and eat them both at once; and the green grass along the line would be apt to suffer some at the same time.


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    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    suffer death; suffer from; suffer them; suffered from; suffered himself; suffered martyrdom; suffering from; suffering humanity