Examples of 'long-suffering' in a sentence
Meaning of "long-suffering"
Long-suffering describes a person who patiently endures hardship or provocation over a long period of time
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- Having endured mental or physical discomfort for a protracted period of time patiently or without complaint.
- Long endurance or patience.
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I have a long-suffering old piano at home.
If you are going to be moody and long-suffering about it.
A long-suffering wife stuck in a bad marriage.
She certainly has long-suffering schoolmarm.
Its long-suffering people deserve no less.
Nobody is happier than my long-suffering agent.
Long-suffering patience is the supreme ascetic practice.
And this is my long-suffering caddy gary hanks.
Even though mom says lily is long-suffering.
With a long-suffering look through his listeners.
Sounds like motive for a long-suffering wife.
He died of long-suffering pancreatic cancer.
I do not want to be thought of as the long-suffering wife.
Aaron speaks for long-suffering grooms everywhere.
Long-suffering wife reads a story she knows by heart.
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And take your long-suffering kachins with you.
Alice is a very charming and very long-suffering person.
The long-suffering meek became the tyrannical avenger.
Special attention must be focused on that long-suffering continent.
All donated to the long-suffering patrons of this theater.
There is then no more talk of love and long-suffering.
It 's in reference to me being his long-suffering assistant whom he never seems to pay.
All that matters to me right now is the future of my long-suffering family.
Kindness and his long-suffering towards the children of men.
That was the final victory dance of a long-suffering nation.
She certainly has long-suffering schoolmarm written all over her.
Do not portray people with disabilities as heroic underachievers or long-suffering saints.
A particularly patient and long-suffering one will accumulate a heavy load.
Long-suffering enables you to stay happy even when you are under trial.
You have been patient and long-suffering for so long.
For this long-suffering dog my craftsmen have made a special collar medal.
There is need for servants to be long-suffering toward all.
Our dedicated and long-suffering soldiers deserve at least this much.
I used to have my own definitions of long-suffering and patience.
Long-suffering households will start to reap bigger incomes from their savings.
It is no doubt convenient for a long-suffering public to be spared the disruptions of a strike.
Now humility leads to meekness, and meekness leads then thirdly to long-suffering.
Only the idea of a long-suffering white working class can do that.
Would he please treat this matter as seriously as this long-suffering industry deserves?
He gave her a long-suffering stare before pulling out his cell phone.
His words floated through the office door to the long-suffering secretary.
Equally long-suffering husbands can be saved from the horrors of much home cooking.
Action was needed to put the interests of long-suffering rail passengers first.
But the two long-suffering wives realise they are worse off than before.
She is known mainly for her tragedy roles particularly as the long-suffering wife.
The long-suffering poor motivated his zeal to promote a negotiated settlement to the war.
Colombia 's qualifying campaign was not long-suffering but it was not a walk in the park either.
Let us try to find the answer and finally warm our long-suffering legs.
Diamond drew a long-suffering sigh as he handed the report back over his shoulder.
Clad in a hired gorilla costume, he attempts to recapture the affections of his long-suffering wife.
