suffer under sth
Frequency: 6.37.5 per million words
To experience hardship due to a oppressive system, regime, or condition.
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Examples (10)
- The citizens were forced to suffer under the oppressive dictatorship for decades.
- Many people suffer under the weight of unrealistic societal expectations.
- The workers had to suffer under harsh working conditions with no regard for their well-being.
- Generations of families continued to suffer under the caste system.
- She felt that her entire life, she had been made to suffer under her parents' strict rules.
- The population began to suffer under the new tax laws imposed by the government.
- He described the immense pain people suffer under prolonged periods of conflict.
- The refugees had to suffer under terrible conditions in the camps.
- It is a tragedy when innocent people suffer under the actions of a few.
- The children were found to suffer under emotional neglect.