Pressure ulcers can trigger other ailments, cause patients considerable suffering, and be expensive to treat.

Aquino's economic cutbacks, imposed on her for all the right reasons, have caused considerable suffering.

Although the mulatto's burns could have" been far worse, they'd nevertheless caused him considerable suffering.

"To give them up at once and entirely would cost him considerable suffering," said the doctor.

Socioeconomic factors, in combination with early but enduring views of race, have led to considerable suffering within disadvantaged racial groups.

Of course it may also have something to do with being a frontier nation, where not so long ago many people experienced considerable suffering.

The abuse caused considerable suffering and lasting damage over the life of the victim.

Background A wide range of symptoms produce considerable suffering in patients at the end of their lives.

Yet their love could not be sanctioned by the contemporary social code, which brought to both parties considerable emotional suffering.

This report concludes the Canadian commercial seal hunt results in considerable and unacceptable suffering.