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Definition

sufferance /'sʌfǝrǝns/ n [U] သည္းခံထားျခင္း။ ၾကည့္ေနျခင္း။ ❏ on sufferance [ IDM ] မလႊဲသာ၍။ He's only here on sufferance.

Examples

1. ‘Visitors to some of the more offbeat historic houses can sometimes get the impression that they are there on sufferance
2. rather than being truly welcomed.’
3. ‘Bulgaria claims to want foreign investment
4. but makes residents aliens feel as though they are here on sufferance rather than making an addition to the country's depleted population and being good consumers.’
5. ‘Anyway - the ‘lady members’ are very much there on sufferance.’
6. ‘The magic of this last sentence is that the very notion of immigrant
7. a distinction between those who belong and those who are allowed in on sufferance
8. makes no sense either in the abstract or in space and time.’
9. ‘The shops stay open till all hours
10. the ostarias cater for families and
11. on sufferance
12. for tourists too.’
13. ‘First
14. it's not really yours if it can be used only at the sufferance of the Social Security administration.’
15. ‘It would be a tiny reminder that other people with beliefs hostile to mine own this country
16. and that I'm here at their sufferance.’
17. ‘The United Kingdom was quite aware that its colony existed at the sufferance of China.’
18. ‘She said: ‘We do not want to let the village down but when we close the shop
19. the post offices is here on sufferance as a service to the village.’’
20. ‘To the extent that a ‘right’ exists only at the sufferance of the state itself
21. it scarcely deserves to be called a ‘right’ at all.’
22. ‘For all its vaunted power
23. judicial supremacy exists at the sufferance of the people.’
24. ‘If her marriage breaks down
25. she can now return to her birth home by right
26. and not on the sufferance of relatives.’
27. ‘Refugees still entered Britain after that
28. but on sufferance
29. rather than as a right.’
30. ‘The Dalit students' experience of university life is one of being admitted only on sufferance.’
31. ‘Whether mutual repugnance might then one day be transformed into mutual sufferance
32. or even mutual toleration
33. remains to be seen.’
34. ‘Consequently
35. religion remained the chief stuff of politics and the Anglican elite to an important extent ruled on sufferance.’
36. ‘He is the agent of foreign interests that have no standing in court
37. and does business on sufferance
38. continuing only until challenged.’
39. ‘On the show
40. Logan joins the major case squad on sufferance after a long
41. punitive stint on Staten Island
42. where he was exiled after taking a swing at a city councilman.’
43. ‘He was offered a two-month anger management program that he attended under sufferance.’
44. ‘If that is too abstract an observation then there is the simpler truth of politics: Britain is a middle class country and all parties now hold office on the sufferance of the bourgeoisie.’