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
A rich spinster, she spent her life and fortune in succoring stray animals, was appointed official dog-catcher in 1915 at $500 annual salary, next year obtained a raise to $1.200.
From Time Magazine Archive
Spot cash actually slipped into China's palm last week: $100,000 as a gift from the American Red Cross to be used in succoring the estimated 10,000,000 victims of China's current flood-famine.
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
