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Recent Examples of sufferer
Poppy is a chronic sufferer who has more than a dozen attacks each month.
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Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
Willner went on the road with presentations that included his injecting himself with blood from an AIDS sufferer, as if to show that there was nothing to be feared from HIV.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
No thug could hurt Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini)—North Jersey mob boss and sufferer of panic attacks—like his own family.
—John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
Vision may be impacted and the sufferer will demonstrate symptoms of dementia before, ultimately, losing the ability to perform basic functions like eating, swallowing and breathing.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
But what to do about an illness that no one fully understands, least of all the sufferer?
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
Willner went on the road with presentations that included his injecting himself with blood from an AIDS sufferer, as if to show that there was nothing to be feared from HIV.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
No thug could hurt Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini)—North Jersey mob boss and sufferer of panic attacks—like his own family.
—John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
Vision may be impacted and the sufferer will demonstrate symptoms of dementia before, ultimately, losing the ability to perform basic functions like eating, swallowing and breathing.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
But what to do about an illness that no one fully understands, least of all the sufferer?
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sufferer
victim
Noun
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But many of the workers also presented themselves as victims of racially motivated government policies.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Crump is known for representing relatives of victims of high-profile police brutality cases.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Sufferer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sufferer. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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