suffering

Example Sentences

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When the Huskies start running circles against an opponent who has no idea what’s coming next, all that suffering on the practice floor is worth it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The humpback is also thought to have been suffering from a skin condition brought on by the lower salt levels of the Baltic Sea.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

"We think Asia will, for now, be the ones suffering the most," Kpler president Jean Maynier told AFP in an interview at the company's offices in Singapore.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“Although we’re grieving there is some comfort in knowing she is no longer suffering and is reunited with her sisters in peace.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Haitian doctors, who were used to seeing death, became even more hardened or indifferent to the suffering around them.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French