sufferance
Example Sentences
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“The message they are getting is, ‘You are here on sufferance,’” he added.
From New York Times
They do have a certain adherence to the idea that this is the national homeland of Hindus, and everybody else is a second-class citizen, here only on sufferance.
From The New Yorker
White Protestants created this country; everybody else is here on their sufferance.
From Seattle Times
No rights by sufferance or rights by kindness.
From The New Yorker
Meanwhile, the players, most of whom know that they are easily replaceable, often lacking guaranteed contracts, exist at the sufferance of their white billionaire team owners, a number of whom were early Trump donors.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
