long-suffering
Example Sentences
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To the long-suffering fans in one of basketball’s sacred cities, claiming the Cup served two purposes.
The long-suffering recording engineer reaches his breaking point after becoming totally fed up with the band’s self-absorbed, self-destructive behavior.
From Los Angeles Times
It appeared to be business as usual for long-suffering England fans when Australia won the first Test at Lord's by 239 runs.
From Barron's
“It gets really bad at Christmastime,” one long-suffering woman working at the pastry counter told me, noting that Yuletide season is fast upon us.
These, however, also feel funereal, like death masks taken after a long-suffering friend has been freed finally from corporeal struggles.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
