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
It is a story about who gets to go where, who gets to exist safely in public, and who is only there on sufferance.
From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 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
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
