long-suffering
adjective
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Examples of long-suffering in a Sentence
Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 18 Sep. 2023
Arm Holdings priced its initial public offering at the top end of its range to raise $4.87 billion in the largest listing of the year, one that could give a major lift to long-suffering equity markets.
—Gillian Tan, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
Indeed, what’s presented here as radical, even heretical for this brave, long-suffering girl is blandly acceptable to contemporary readers of literary fiction.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
Same guys who roared back time and again, scoring in droves, sending six players to the All-Star Game, and raising the dormant hopes of a long-suffering fan base.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
The joint is run by Billy (Hugo Weaving), whose every word is a shout, and his laconic partner, Carol (Ursula Yovich), who repeatedly reminds him not to drink and to pay the girls as well as the long-suffering vegetable vendor Tommy (Baykali Ganambarr).
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023
Here, he’s introduced becoming aware of the Irving case when a letter about it from investigative colleague Harry Price (Christopher Lloyd) is read by long-suffering Fodor assistant Anne (Minnie Driver).
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 Aug. 2023
So often, our elders are rendered in the imagination as long-suffering victims of capitalism who had to sacrifice greatly so that their grandchildren might live a better life.
—Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
Jonathan Groff also circled the role of Ken’s long-suffering friend Allan before Michael Cera landed the part.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 16 Aug. 2023
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1535, in the meaning defined above
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