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Meanings of long-suffering in English

Spanish
paciencia

Patient endurance of pain or unhappiness.

        paciencia

        Patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble.

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              Examples for "long-sufferance"
              Examples for "long-sufferance"
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              33 And the Highest shal be reueled vpon the seate of iudgement, and miseries shal passe, and long sufferance shal be gathered together.
              The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
              Usage of long-suffering in English
              1
              There was good and bad news for long-suffering Led Zeppelin fans today.
              The Irish Times
              2
              But we'll come to his long-suffering review of his own work shortly.
              The Guardian
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              But the god is patient and long-suffering-exceptin the matter of eggs.
              Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
              4
              BBC News went to meet him - and his long-suffering wife Katy.
              BBC
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              Such scenes roused the ire of the long-suffering Free-State men of Kansas.
              Old John Brown, the man whose soul is marching on
              6
              Clearly long-suffering Dexter was going to be denied his crust of bread.
              Dearly Devoted Dexter
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              One only wonders at the long-suffering or blindness of the crowned heads.
              War and Peace
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              The film features amusing sidekicks: a camp snowman and a long-suffering reindeer.
              The Irish Times
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              Nico and Josef exchanged a long-suffering look before getting up and following.
              The spirit rebellion: the legend of eli monpress: book 2
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              She was patient by nature and capable of much long-suffering and endurance.
              Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
              11
              On the same night the long-suffering sledge-meter, much battered, gave up recording.
              The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
              12
              The idea of the saintlike, long-suffering patient is a big romantic fiction.
              Pet Sematary
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              Nikki Renee Daniels is touching as Della B, Charles' loyal, long-suffering wife.
              Reuters
              14
              These contrasted displays must have been particularly exasperating to his long-suffering family.
              Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
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              He rather welcomed than otherwise an unmerited rebuke from that long-suffering quarter.
              A Touch of Sun, and Other Stories
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              She had been long-suffering, and her long-suffering was now regarded as endless.
              The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
              Translations for long-suffering
              Long-suffering through the time