long-suffering
Example Sentences
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Long-suffering Golden State power customers already pay the highest electricity rates in the lower 48 states.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
Long-suffering Jets fans have been delirious since the four-time NFL MVP declared in March he only wanted to play for New York.
From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2023
Long-suffering fans made up for that gap by filling the downtown ballpark and raucously supporting a franchise that has made only seven trips to the postseason in its 54 seasons.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2022
Long-suffering restaurants, by contrast, are down “only” about 8 percent.
From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2021
I thought, “Yet Joe, dear Joe, you never tell of it. Long-suffering and loving Joe, you never complain. Nor you, sweet-tempered Biddy!”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
