suffer
verb (used without object)
to undergo or feel pain or distress.
suffered
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past participleof suffer.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof suffer.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
sufferverb (used without object)to undergo or feel pain or distress.
Example Sentences
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Ipswich's Wardley, 31, suffered the first defeat of his professional career that night but immediately activated his rematch clause in a bid to reclaim his world title.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
On Friday, the index sank 2.1% to close at a one-month low, and suffered its biggest weekly loss in four months.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
L.A. has long suffered an identity crisis, caught between the single-family homes of its past and the multifamily developments that density advocates say are needed for its future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Then he headed back to barracks, where he sat with the surviving troops and pretended he had suffered a concussion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
As Cornwallis waited for guns, supplies, and men to arrive by sea from New York, all the people in Yorktown suffered.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
