suffering
/ˈsʌfəɹɪŋ/ noun B2- The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
Plural sufferings
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“I’m not suffering for company,” said Marilla shortly.
Two flashes mean, ‘Are you there?’ Three mean ‘yes’ and four ‘no.’ Five mean, ‘Come over as soon as possible, because I have something important to reveal.’ Diana has just signaled five flashes, and I’m really suffering to know what it is.”
Down that ipecac went, not only once, but many times during the long, anxious night when the two little girls worked patiently over the suffering Minnie May, and Young Mary Joe, honestly anxious to do all she could, kept up a roaring fire and heated more water than would have been needed for a hospital of croupy babies.
They contained no actual complaint, nor was there any revival of past occurrences, or any communication of present suffering.
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