Sentence examples for need of succour from inspiring English sources

WHEN Olu Abiola first came to England as a young preacher, he met lonely fellow Nigerians badly in need of succour who failed to get any from the one institution which might have provided a link with home the church.

Blyton hit the peak of her popularity in the war and immediately postwar years, just when the juvenile population was most in need of succour and only the very safest of adventures.

Two of England's biggest clubs were therefore in need of some succour on the European front the following year.

And yet, it seems fitting to sit in a communal space and remember all the other congregations down the centuries who have worshipped a mother, who, in this interpretation, is herself in need of the succour of a female deity: the virgin goddess, Artemis.

I'm often amazed at the way theatre provides just the right story that you need for succour at the exact moment you need it.

This torrent of people in desperate need of safety and succour is growing rapidly.

Coming Home is, perhaps, a healthy reiteration of the classic sounds of succour in a time of need; a principled and mellifluous nay-saying.

The only source of succour and sanctuary is (a recurring Kennen theme, this) the family.

In the same interview, Mr Berlusconi also succeeded in depriving himself of succour from the left-wing opposition.

IN THE shimmering air of an arid mountainside, a graceful animal can suddenly speak with a human voice of succour; and a beast that seems to offer its own flesh to a hungry traveller turns out instead to be a provider of water, which is even more desperately needed.

Like Estragon, the tramp in Waiting for Godot, the image and the promise of succour kept me going.