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How to use the word suffering in a Sentence?

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In a society brimming with empathy and compassion, the concept of homelessness would cease to exist; for it is through the genuine sharing and caring for one another that we eradicate the silence of suffering and build the symphony of a harmonious humanity.

Yvonne Padmos

added by Freelancer
2 months ago

I thought that I was strong enough to bear the pain and hold my bluff, To hide my feelings from your gaze, And keep them locked for future days. But strength lies not in silent suffering, And courage grows in vulnerability’s spring. So I’ll share my truth, let emotions flow, For in authenticity, true strength will grow.”

Christen Kuikoua

added by anonymous
4 months ago

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Khalil Gibran

added by Normando
5 months ago

As she drove across the island to meet with local officials about the opioid crisis, it occurred to her that Puerto Ricans were now suffering at the hands of another set of corporations. Fossil fuel companies had warmed the planet and misled the public about global warming, making billions along the way. It wasn’t so different from what had happened in DePue and Roxana, she thought.Then, she said, God told her to sue Exxon again.

The Holy

Found on New York Times
9 months ago

today, suffering from drawn out hangover, the world ran dry. Bukowski died and one third of the world's winemakers will go broke.

Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
10 months ago

Happiness, I decided years ago, is unattainable and I don’t wish to seek it through the usual methods. Peace is a reflection of our souls, leaving me a non-entity. I cry because people want to feel and I join them in their fears and private agonies and I wish for death and pray for life and hope to God that God even gives a shit and before I die and receive my judgment I just want to help 1 person FEEL, to know what it is to be alive and to ease their suffering as only a tormented soul can.

Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
10 months ago

Now it is not only us suffering, we hear they are suffering also.

Tamaz Gambarashvili

Found on New York Times
11 months ago

Forgive yourself for the mistakes and try to be a phone call away as they become parents themselves. every person who has experienced sickness or deep suffering knows what it feels like to lay in a hospital and wish for a miracle, and this has been my miracle. I am living my miracle because of his videos and the community that supports him.

Bo Petterson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

Ben Okri

added by JokerGem
1 year ago

Today, our view of genuine reality is increasingly clouded by professionals whose technical expertise often introduces a superficial and soulless model of the person that denies moral significance. Perhaps the most devastating example for human values is the process of medicalization through which ordinary unhappiness and normal bereavement have been transformed into clinical depression, existential angst turned into anxiety disorders, and the moral consequences of political violence recast as post-traumatic stress disorder. That is, suffering is redefined as mental illness and treated by professional experts, typically with medication. I believe that this diminishes the person,

Arthur Kleinman

added by JokerGem
1 year ago

I want everyone to know that depression is treatable, and treatment works, this isn’t about politics — right now there are people who are suffering with depression in red counties and blue counties. If you need help, please get help.

Barreto Fetterman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I've (seen) in my career a lot of death, i cover war zones, conflict and everything. I see a lot of death and suffering, but this is something different. Completely different.

Agence France-Presse

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Ive (seen) in my career a lot of death, i cover war zones, conflict and everything. I see a lot of death and suffering, but this is something different. Completely different.

Agence France-Presse

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He’s suffering and he’s got an infection. He has severe periodontal disease. He has holes in his mouth that bleed constantly. He’s lost 130 pounds.

Katherine Swidan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In the international markets, of course we are suffering a little bit more in terms of the recovery.

Luis Felipe de Oliveira

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I would like to begin tonight’s proceeding differently than perhaps any other event of such magnitude, on behalf of our nation, I want to apologize to Brett and the entire Kavanaugh family for the terrible pain and suffering you have been forced to endure. Those who step forward to serve our country deserve a fair and dignified evaluation, not a campaign of political and personal destruction based on lies and deception.

Donald Trump

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Our solidarity goes to the people of Ukraine who are suffering from the war of aggression, the German Fencing Federation accepts last Friday’s decision.

Claudia Bokel

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’m here really to be a light because there’s mixed feelings about gene editing. And I think people can see the positive result of it. You know that a person who was once suffering in life, was miserable, now is able to be a part of life and enjoy it.

Victoria Gray

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They haven’t just survived the worst humanitarian disaster in their country’s history, they’ve been suffering war crimes and have been failed by the international community over and over again, at the very least, we need to provide them the humanitarian aid to help them survive, when many won’t survive even another day.

Mouaz Moustafa

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I believe woke ideology is pernicious. I believe what’s at stake is not just ‘My policies are good,’ we should not all be suffering under the cloak of wokeness. … This issue with Disney is a good example of that. … They were basically a law unto themselves, and they got away with it for a long time because they were so powerful. They were the 800-pound gorilla, but they made the mistake of trying to stick their nose into sensitive matters involving children, involving education, and involving family.

Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

PAST IS PROLOGUE: This book was written observing the premise that the seeds of Holocaust denial take root and prosper with misinformation. Clarity and transparency are imperative, as they leave no room for denial theories that would deprive the victims justice, or rob the living of a future. Generations of historians have enthusiastically gone about their craft knowing full well that 'he who owns the past, owns the future'. Improperly documented history, or more precisely, fraudulent versions of history not only deprive the victims of pasts injustices due recognition of their suffering, but also rob the living of a fair chance at a future free from the dangers of repeating past injustices.

A.E. Samaan

added by AlvaroSiman
1 year ago

I know a lot of our businesses are already suffering greatly because people don’t want to come here.

Dianna Elzer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Just like PTSD, racial trauma results in disability, temporary or long term, like lost days from work and lost productivity, increased medical expenses and more suffering in general, the more people have these problems, the larger the cost is going to be to society and those communities and their families.

African American

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Based on interviews with his family members and confirmed when interrogated by members of the New York City detective bureau, we believe Mr. Sor was suffering from a mental health crisis.

Detectives James Essig

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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