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Sufferance is an English word with synonyms like endurance or toleration. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Sufferance in a sentence

Sufferance meaning

  1. Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity.
  2. Acquiescence or tacit compliance with some circumstance, behavior, or instruction.
  3. Suffering; pain, misery.

Synonyms of Sufferance

endurance toleration acceptance permissiveness tolerance

Related words

Other words often associated with Sufferance or its synonyms:

temperament attitude disposition espousal acquiescence leeway license life variance approval strength discrepancy

Using Sufferance

  • The main meaning on this page is: Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity. | Acquiescence or tacit compliance with some circumstance, behavior, or instruction. | Suffering; pain, misery.
  • Useful related words include: endurance, toleration, acceptance, permissiveness.
  • In the example corpus, sufferance often appears in combinations such as: his sufferance, sufferance be.

Context around Sufferance

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

patient 1×

Sentence patterns with Sufferance

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

should his sufferance be by 2× only under sufferance as it 1× the patient sufferance of the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

if a christian 1× those who see 1×

Common sentence endings:

by christian example 2× been mis sold 1× they are entitled 1×

Words around Sufferance

Just before it in the word index:

suffer 2.337 suffect 2 suff 2 sufentanil 2 sufa 3 suf 3

Just after it in the word index:

suffered 6.879 sufferer 55 sufferers 182 sufferfest 3 sufferin 2 suffering 4.613

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Sufferance

  • In this selection, "sufferance" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, patient stand out and add context to how "sufferance" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include should his sufferance be by and only under sufferance as it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sufferance" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sufferance

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? (14 words)

Such has been the patient sufferance of the women under this government, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to demand the equal station to which they are entitled. (31 words)

Even those who clung to their careers enough to vote with him later in the day would now do so only under sufferance as it dawned on them just how badly they had been mis-sold. (36 words)

Longer example sentences

Even those who clung to their careers enough to vote with him later in the day would now do so only under sufferance as it dawned on them just how badly they had been mis-sold. (36 words)

Those who see the speech as sympathetic point out that Shylock says he learned the desire for revenge from the Christian characters: "If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? (36 words)

Such has been the patient sufferance of the women under this government, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to demand the equal station to which they are entitled. (31 words)

Question examples

If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? (14 words)

Those who see the speech as sympathetic point out that Shylock says he learned the desire for revenge from the Christian characters: "If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? (36 words)

Example sentences (4)

Even those who clung to their careers enough to vote with him later in the day would now do so only under sufferance as it dawned on them just how badly they had been mis-sold.

If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example?

Such has been the patient sufferance of the women under this government, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to demand the equal station to which they are entitled.

Those who see the speech as sympathetic point out that Shylock says he learned the desire for revenge from the Christian characters: "If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example?

Common combinations with sufferance

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sufferance" in a sentence?
An example: "Even those who clung to their careers enough to vote with him later in the day would now do so only under sufferance as it dawned on them just how badly they had been mis-sold." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "sufferance" from authentic English texts.
What does "sufferance" mean?
Sufferance means: Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity.
What are synonyms of "sufferance"?
Common synonyms of "sufferance" include: endurance, toleration, acceptance, permissiveness, tolerance.
How many example sentences with "sufferance" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "sufferance", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.