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suffice - use in sentences
Preposition: as
- explanation: Is it not possible that chance alone could suffice as an explanation for life in this one universe?
Modifying Another Word
- hardly: Instead of overcoming a bewailed inertia, Reich's theories hardly sufficed to sustain a ridiculous private racket.
- longer: Two stanzas no longer suffice to contain Hogg's vitriol.
- alone: Even their faith and interest will alone suffice to bear good fruit.
- usually: The handwritten notes taken by the member of support staff will usually suffice.
- probably: Storage Storage space will probably suffice for the coming year.
Used with why or when
- where: This would also suffice where gaps in an existing original are completed by a new author.
- when: Give us the convincing evidence that 800 beds will suffice when 1200 now do not.
Infinitive complement
- say: Suffice to say, there were no errors of fact apparent to me.
- infect: Advice should have been obtained on how much contaminant might suffice to infect.
- transmit: A basic question was how much of such material would suffice to transmit the disease orally.
- illustrate: A few cases must therefore suffice to illustrate recent trends.
- justify: That is, your evidence that it is raining suffices to justify your belief that you believe that it is raining.
- explain: In none of these instances does a meteorological or astronomical explanation suffice to explain the sightings.
Preposition: in
- case: A combination of email and the members website should suffice in most cases.
Preposition: for
- purpose: A few words of caution will have to suffice for the purposes of this brief primer.
- need: Restrictions: The size of the compiler tables is set so as to suffice for the needs of most programs.
- time: Only such a faith will suffice for time and eternity.
- week: One packing of a preparation suffices for 6 weeks of application.
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