succoring

Example Sentences

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“And of course he aimed most of his barbs at powerful successes — the best of them bearing Charlie’s insults as badges of pride — while succoring the out-of-fashion and beginners.”

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2022

Roosevelt, menwhile, turned to the task of succoring American families at the very outset of the New Deal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2020

Like most people, 79-year-old Roscoe Pound believes in succoring the needy, the hungry and the abandoned.

From Time Magazine Archive

Scarlett moves about from Atlanta to Charleston, from Savannah to Ireland, chasing Rhett, making a fortune in real estate, succoring rebel peasants and raising a child.

From Time Magazine Archive

She had a tanned, broad-featured succoring face, the face of a person who could not abide conflict.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie