How to Use suffer in a Sentence

suffer

verb

• 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.
• 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
• 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 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
• 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 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
• Customers were charged fees, and their credit scores suffered as a result.
  — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 11 July 2023
• The sea lions that have suffered from seizures and bitten beachgoers in the process also tend to be female.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
• Please send help to those who are hungry, alone, sick, and suffering war and violence.
  — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 7 June 2023
• One adult suffered minor injuries in the fire, a MedStar spokesperson said, and the family who lives in the home has been been displaced.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2024
• Miller died in the crash and Hutchinson suffered a brain injury and numerous broken bones.
  — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2024
• Flying out of England, the 100th suffered calamitous losses against the Germans.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
• Rebekah Byler, 23, was shot in the head and suffered multiple sharp force wounds to the neck in the Feb. 26 attack, according to court documents.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2024
• But Freddy’s is invested in making people, not its ghoulish machines, the stars of the show, and suffers for it.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2023
• Houston police later said that Sabio's daughter suffered wounds in her leg and thigh.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
• That coordination could suffer if the program were to move too far away.
  — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2023
• Putin has suffered setbacks in the area after a series of high-profile attacks by Ukraine since August.
  — Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2023
• Two ambulances were dispatched for two male victims between the ages of 40 and 50 who suffered gunshot wounds.
  — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• Many had removed their helmets for the proceedings and suffered head injuries.
  — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024