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help given when it is needed; or the act of giving such help

Thinkest thou my Father would not send Sky-darkening hosts of winged legions to my succor?
Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago

He ran swiftly, casting wild glances for succor.
Stephen Crane -- The Red Badge of Courage
Trumpet notes filled the air, and the holy army rushed to succor its champions.
Roger Zelazny -- Lord of Light
What friendly hand has a merciful Providence sent to my succor?
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pathfinder
You have forgotten a wretch who tried to abduct you one night, a wretch to whom you rendered succor on the following day on their infamous pillory.
Victor Hugo -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hereafter can I look to any god For succor, call on any man for help?
Sophocles -- Antigone
She was still stroking Bloomberg, still succoring him, forcibly, into the subtle and difficult world outside warm afghans.
J.D. Salinger -- Franny and Zooey
But it were shame that a king should know fear, and shame that belted knight should withhold his hand where be such as need succor.
Mark Twain -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
He will be your support and your succor.
Leo Tolstoy -- Anna Karenina
Command th' assistance of a faithful friend; But feeble are the succors I can send.
Virgil -- The Aeneid
Dr. George B. Rockham looked wildly about him for succor.
Thomas Wolfe -- Look Homeward, Angel
I'm here to offer some rock-and-roll succor to all the people of Portland.
Gayle Forman -- If I Stay
And when at last it is perceived that such pity cannot lead to effectual succor, common sense bids the soul rid of it.
Herman Melville -- Bartleby, the Scrivener: a Story of Wall Street
For succor and protection.
George R.R. Martin -- A Dance With Dragons
You'll find no succor until you reach the Vale, and each mount you lose burdens the others all the more.
George R.R. Martin -- A Game of Thrones
On an evil day for him he or his outlaws had beaten and robbed a man who once succored Duane when sore in need.
Zane Grey -- The Lone Star Ranger
And if I desired to succor the afflicted I would have joined you in Holy Orders.
Geraldine Brooks -- Year of Wonders
Never more intensely than today had he, Father Paneloux, felt the immanence of divine succor and Christian hope granted to all alike.
Albert Camus -- The Plague
Her presence was comfort and succor to me.
Alice Sebold -- Lucky
(To the officers): Gentlemen, when you shall see me charge, Bear me no succor, none, whate'er the odds!
Edmond Rostand -- Cyrano de Bergerac

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