bearable

Example Sentences

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There has also been a surge of online advice on how to make time in shelters more bearable.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

The chair would make life’s unavoidable irritants that much more bearable.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

On his decision to confess, he said he prayed the consequences would be "bearable to the people who I've said sorry to" and that his justice in the law would be "deserved".

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

The pressures of life, which in that moment felt unbearable, proved bearable.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

Yet, Moon Orchid noticed, some of them seemed to have a husband or a wife who found them bearable.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston