succor

Example Sentences

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Ukrainians have for centuries been mostly an agrarian nation, plowing fertile black soils and relying on neighbors for physical and spiritual succor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

For many, of course, participating in this culture has been a source of succor, whether in the dog days of “brat summer” or the depths of election week 2020.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025

Elders say the land was blessed by Usen, their Creator, and inhabited by Ga’an, the mountain spirits or angels who provide spiritual succor and guidance to seekers.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023

But through the darkest days of the pandemic, one notion gave me succor: that finally, we would summon the will to change our broken health system.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2023

The Lawrence family was pious in the manner of northern Midwestern Lutherans, religion serving as much as the warp and woof of the community fabric as a source of personal succor or theological speculation.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik