How to Use suffer in a Sentence

suffer

verb
Definition of suffernext
Synonyms for suffernext
  • The team suffered a defeat in the play-offs.
  • I hate to see a child suffer.
  • We suffered a great deal during the war.
  • She suffered an injury during the game.
  • He died instantly and did not suffer.
  • He suffered a heart attack and died instantly.
  • She suffered through another one of their long visits.
  • Their relationship suffered because of her work.
  • The cousin suffered a bruise and small cut to the head.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024
  • Well, Dunk and Egg is about the small folk who suffer at the hands of the game of thrones as it's played by the nobles.
    — EW.com, 19 Oct. 2024
  • This week’s floods are the most deadly Spain has suffered in decades.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Davies suffered a left oblique strain in just his second start of the year back on April 8 against the Dodgers.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2023
  • Rodgers suffered a torn Achilles and will be out for the remainder of the season for the New York Jets.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The non-phones suffered a blow when one of their troops defected to the other side.
    — Megan Angelo, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The 62-year-old man suffered a gash to his forehead, police said.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The man had also stabbed himself in the head and suffered puncture wounds.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2023
  • There were no injuries, and the planes did not suffer any damage.
    — Amanda Maile, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Game fish and birds and all these other creatures suffer for that.
    — Jon Hurdle, New York Times, 11 July 2023
  • Kent suffered two of his most painful injuries as a stunt performer in Rush films.
    — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2023
  • The Cadillac struck the rear of the semi at a high rate of speed which caused the driver to suffer fatal injuries.
    — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The driver was ejected from the car and suffered fatal injuries.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2024
  • On the field, the Toreros are assured of suffering their first losing season since 2010.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2023
  • In May 2023, Malin suffered a rare spinal stroke that left him paralyzed from the waist down.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 June 2024
  • Stevens sported a bandage on his chin after the game, suffered from a cut on one of his scrambles.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The mother went to the school’s barn, found Willie suffering and took Willie to a veterinary clinic.
    — Hank Sanders, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Durant missed 10 games with a left ankle sprain suffered on March 8 in a pregame workout.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Customers who do not suffer from egg allergies can still eat the cheese from Whole Foods.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The driver did not suffer any injuries in the crash, officials said.
    — Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2022
  • There’ll be losers and winners around the Earth, which will clearly lead to places that suffer migration.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The city of Wajima in Ishikawa prefecture on the Japan Sea coast suffered some of the worst damage from the magnitude 7.6 quake.
    — Miho Inada, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024

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