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

It is even more prudent, if you live in New York City and are a writer with a flair for succoring the oppressed, not to try either.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie