You will be on sufferance until I say otherwise.

They were on sufferance here; how much, perhaps Silver Veil could tell them.

You are on sufferance here; you embody change.

Ms. Myers's tenure has been a reflection of all the ways in which things go awry for high-ranking women who are on sufferance and for show.

As already remarked, she had a great antipathy to him, and if ever he ventured into the house it was on sufferance, and under the protection of the Professor.

He came here straight from the king's camp, and has certainly joined the king's party, though according to Brother Dennis, who collects all the gossip that's going among his guests, he's on sufferance as yet, and has to prove himself before he'll get a command.

There was clearly strong feeling concerning the Comte in this house hold, but I was becoming more and more anxious to learn everything I could about this man on whom my fate depended, so I said: "Well, at the moment, I'm on sufferance awaiting his return."