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noun

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Recent Examples of long-suffering
Adjective
But visiting son Zion (Nicholas Duvernay) convinces his long-suffering mother to take the cash, perhaps to start her dream spa after all. Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025 Ovechkin, 39, has led the Capitals on many deep playoff runs, delivering long-suffering fans the team’s first Stanley Cup in 2018. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025 But land reform is so fundamental to how the current government took power that no citizen may portray it as anything other than a benevolent campaign that brought fairness and prosperity to China’s long-suffering farmers. Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025 The audience reserved their loudest and longest applause for Anthony Carrigan, who just about steals the movie with his largely wordless performance as the Leopold’s long-suffering butler, Griff. Adam B. Vary, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for long-suffering
Recent Examples of Synonyms for long-suffering
Adjective
  • YoYo sets a great example of how to stay patient with a little sibling, and JJ is a good example of how not to behave when trying new things.
    Alex Vance, Parents, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Despite increasing residency programs, student debt forgiveness, and tuition-free medical school, California is unlikely to meet patient demand, observers say.
    Bernard J. Wolfson and Vanessa G. Sánchez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • However much time a team spends in the wild, Gregory told IndieWire that the key to grabbing successful footage from that one percent of animal time is not patience.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Neal runs with a nice blend of patience and decisiveness to choose the right lanes and maximize each carry.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • His dad was a stiff-upper-lip kind of guy, and Clint became known as the stoic kid with the sleepy brown eyes.
    Jenni Carlson, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Now Fans often compare him to Takenori Akagi, the stoic team captain from the series.
    Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025

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