How to pronounce suffer

Listen to suffer in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“suffer” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 286 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. penalised communities should suffer again, and suffer more.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 13:17 · hear it here

  2. has to suffer what Emily had to suffer.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 33:52 · hear it here

  3. see jobs suffer and we would see people’s livelihoods suffer.

    UK Parliament · watch from 15:33 · hear it here

  4. Palestinians continue to suffer.

    State Department · watch from 40:04 · hear it here

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