1.   Few men can have done more to relieve human suffering, or shown less interest in profiting from the process.

2.   I wish I could relieve your suffering.

3.   They were able to do a lot to relieve suffering, though the resources were rudimentary.

4.   Like penicillin, cephalosporin has saved the lives or relieved the suffering of countless patients and animals world-wide.

5.   As for doctors, is it not their very duty to do whatever is in their power to relieve that suffering?

6.   All U.N.-supervised imports and improvements in the country are intended to relieve the suffering of Iraqis who have lived under sanctions for more than seven years.

7.   Charity should be a privately based enterprise to relieve immediate suffering and help individuals straighten up their lives.

8.   Even more disturbing to humanitarian officials is whether their presence in some conflicts relieves immediate suffering while supporting the political forces that caused the crisis.

9.   Few residency programs require courses in pain therapy or how to relieve the suffering of the sick and dying.