How to Use suffer in a Sentence

suffer

verb

• The team suffered a defeat in the play-offs.
• I hate to see a child suffer.
• We suffered a great deal during the war.
• She suffered an injury during the game.
• He died instantly and did not suffer.
• He suffered a heart attack and died instantly.
• She suffered through another one of their long visits.
• Their relationship suffered because of her work.
• The cousin suffered a bruise and small cut to the head.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024
• Davies suffered a left oblique strain in just his second start of the year back on April 8 against the Dodgers.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2023
• Rodgers suffered a torn Achilles and will be out for the remainder of the season for the New York Jets.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
• The non-phones suffered a blow when one of their troops defected to the other side.
  — Megan Angelo, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
• The man had also stabbed himself in the head and suffered puncture wounds.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2023
• Game fish and birds and all these other creatures suffer for that.
  — Jon Hurdle, New York Times, 11 July 2023
• Kent suffered two of his most painful injuries as a stunt performer in Rush films.
  — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2023
• The driver was ejected from the car and suffered fatal injuries.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2024
• On the field, the Toreros are assured of suffering their first losing season since 2010.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2023
• In May 2023, Malin suffered a rare spinal stroke that left him paralyzed from the waist down.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 June 2024
• Stevens sported a bandage on his chin after the game, suffered from a cut on one of his scrambles.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
• Durant missed 10 games with a left ankle sprain suffered on March 8 in a pregame workout.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
• The city of Wajima in Ishikawa prefecture on the Japan Sea coast suffered some of the worst damage from the magnitude 7.6 quake.
  — Miho Inada, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024
• Customers were charged fees, and their credit scores suffered as a result.
  — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 11 July 2023
• The fabric of this one (undyed cotton) is best for cats who suffer from allergies.
  — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day Magazine, 13 May 2023
• The sea lions that have suffered from seizures and bitten beachgoers in the process also tend to be female.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
• Please send help to those who are hungry, alone, sick, and suffering war and violence.
  — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 7 June 2023
• One adult suffered minor injuries in the fire, a MedStar spokesperson said, and the family who lives in the home has been been displaced.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2024
• Miller died in the crash and Hutchinson suffered a brain injury and numerous broken bones.
  — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2024
• Flying out of England, the 100th suffered calamitous losses against the Germans.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
• Patients often suffer debilitating pain from the skin rash caused by the virus.
  — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• As more and more people are working sedentary office jobs requiring them to sit down for prolonged periods, the number of workers suffering from back and neck issues is growing.
  — John Graham Harper, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024