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Example sentences for "succor"

Lexicographically close words:
successours; succinate; succinct; succinctly; succinic; succored; succoring; succors; succory; succotash
  1. Then quoth the kyng, "It is good that we succor him in his need.

  2. And so he wrote to the third that she loved him as muche as he was worthy; and prayed her of succor in his nede, and told her the answere of her two sisters.

  3. Because he, a private individual, unaided by the public succor of any state, attempts to liberate South America.

  4. Those in the storehouse at Duryagunj still clung to the belief that succor must come somehow; but Kate Erlton, behind the wood-pile, knew that her hope lay only in herself.

  5. Accommodations were finally procured for a number of the fugitives with a widow woman, (Ann Laws) whose opportunities for succor were far less than at the places where refusals had been met with.

  6. The slave-holders having fled, several neighbors, mostly Friends and anti-slavery men, gathered to succor the wounded and take charge of the dead.

  7. If she at first feared to lend him a helping hand, she now resolutely worked with a view of saving money to succor him.

  8. That holy missionary, in returning from Sillery to bring succor to his companions in Huronia, had fallen a captive into the hands of the fierce Iroquois, and his fate was the object of intense anxiety.

  9. No sign of succor came to them from without.

  10. Finding it impossible for Fathers Ragueneau and Menard to reach their missions in Huronia without a strong guard, Father Brébeuf proceeded with Father Ragueneau and Sondatsaa to Sillery, in order to obtain succor for them.

  11. I too have wandered far, even as you, and so have come to this land, and having suffered much, have learnt to succor them that suffer.

  12. Often did Hector rush along the strong walls, in hopes that the Trojans within might succor him from above with their arrows.

  13. This is the will of Zeus and of the Far-Darter, who once were wont to succor me.

  14. At the other end of his journey were his mother and Magnus and Elin, and if he could reach them before morning he would be able to succor and save them.

  15. Even so, there are many to whose succor it has not been possible to go; and they have failed to become Christians for lack of missionaries to teach them, baptize them, and keep them in the divine law.

  16. But as the profits are so great, they sail by that route; it adds much to their safety that they cross through the seas of Philipinas, and that Macan can find succor in Manila.

  17. BOAT CREWS SAVE 979 The work of extending succor to the marooned inhabitants of the districts which were still flooded continued during the day.

  18. Victor forgot the whole past, and his innermost soul wept for longing to succor her and wipe out from her life all dark winter landscapes.

  19. Delay of naval succor was fatal to British operations in this war.

  20. Scouts were ordered out to discover the number of the foe, and convey assurances of succor to the rangers said to be blocked up in the fortresses, though Washington suspected the latter to be "more encompassed by fear than by the enemy.

  21. Not discouraged with the defeat at Marston Moor, which rendered it impossible for him to draw any succor from England, he was content to stipulate with the earl of Antrim, a nobleman of Ireland, for some supply of men from that country.

  22. Waller exclaimed loudly against that general, for allowing Wilmot to pass him, and proceed without any interruption to the succor of the distressed infantry at the Devizes.

  23. Then, too, the Dutch remembered how the ships of Elizabeth, laden with provisions, had brought succor to their beleaguered cities and saved the lives of their famished people.

  24. Clive looked for succor from two sources.

  25. The Spaniards, stricken with a wonderful fear, made no attempt to succor their consorts, but pressed heavily on, leaving them to founder.

  26. Intolerant in theory and bigoted in language, Louis had that true charity which would make him succor his enemies not less than his friends.

  27. With the succor thus afforded and the terror of capture overpast, the four days' further travel were accomplished in comparative ease, and brought the fugitives to Colonel Bird's camp, within the boundaries of Virginia.

  28. The other possibility of succor lay in Virginia, and it was obvious wisdom to embrace both chances.

  29. The sympathy of these men was undisguised, and when protest failed to produce kindly impressions, or to bring alleviation to misery, they secretly sought to succor the dying men from their own scanty store at the peril of their lives.

  30. Even among the darkness of the middle ages kindness was compulsory, and hospitality enforced by statute, and whoever denied succor to misery was liable to punishment.

  31. All the relief has been administered--not as charity--but as God-sent succor to our brothers and sisters who have been overwhelmed by some mighty convulsion of the forces of nature.

  32. And anon he went thither and prayed the mariners that they would succor the perished at least with an hundred muyes of wheat of every ship.

  33. He had already struck an "obstacle," and had to overcome it alone, as there was now no chance of any succor from Col.

  34. How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succor us that succor want!

  35. Compare "Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst the hand that fired the shot, When in my arms burd Helen dropt, That died to succor me!

  36. A large force of volunteers was, therefore, ordered out in the south, while two companies of artillery were immediately despatched to Taylor's succor under the command of Maj.

  37. Blessed ethical truisms, which come to our succor when all else falls away!

  38. With this arrangement succor can be easily and rapidly carried to a threatened point, which could not be done were there but one central reserve.

  39. The siege, resumed some time after, lasted longer than that of Troy, and each campaign was marked by fresh attempts on the part of the Turks to carry succor to their army and by naval victories gained by the Venetians.

  40. West A manly shout for instant succor comes, From men who fight, outnumbered, breast to breast, With rage-indented drums!

  41. West A manly shout for instant succor comes, From men who fight, outnumbered, breast to breast.


  42. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "succor" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.