Used in a Sentence

suffering

How to use suffering in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for suffering.

Editorial note

The best outcome from Peretz's suffering would be reform and we should work towards that end.

Examples11
Definitions6
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a state of acute pain

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of suffering gathered in one view.

noun

a state of acute pain

noun

misery resulting from affliction

noun

psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for suffering.

noun

misery resulting from affliction

noun

psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"

noun

feelings of mental or physical pain

adjective

troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees"

adjective

very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

Example sentences

1

The best outcome from Peretz's suffering would be reform and we should work towards that end.

2

On top of all my issues I was suffering from burnout – I hadn't had a vacation in years.

3

Because a lot of people are suffering and dying of poor nutrition and we don't know basic things about what's good and bad for us.

4

He said that he remembers the hard times but his younger brothers, think that there was no suffering just happy times and the life they have now.

5

That's a false-misery play: make people feel bad by presenting the view that everyone else is suffering, when it isn't true.

6

We all, of course, share in the problems of society and we all do our bit in trying to help with such problems - and who can help but feel for those who are suffering.

7

As Reuters noted a couple of years ago, entrepreneurship has been suffering a decades-long retreat.

8

Presumably both Guttmann and his colleagues were all kind enough to want to reduce suffering; Guttmann just happened to be more correct about how to do so. Neither approach was more or less kind than the other, but one was more effective.

9

But I think the parent in this article is suffering from a couple problems of his own creation, and has probably not come up with an indictment of the US school system.

10

This electoral victory may just show some serious positive influence in Mexico, where the realities of drug prohibition have inflicted a lot of suffering on a lot of innocent people, and that's the real victory here.

11

Specifically, most of the article's arguments are those you encounter from Efficient Market Theory which has pervaded our financial education to the point of being accepted as blindly as faith and has lead to a lot of pain & suffering by investors.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use suffering in a sentence?

The best outcome from Peretz's suffering would be reform and we should work towards that end.

What does suffering mean?

a state of acute pain

What part of speech is suffering?

suffering is commonly used as noun, adjective.