endurable

Example Sentences

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Could a cold plunge be not only endurable but enjoyable?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

But several hours later, on the rainy street, she managed to convince herself that answering was more endurable than going through Oliver’s voice mails.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 20, 2018

It is also 22 minutes shorter and, though no less committed to an aesthetic of shattered glass and pulverized steel, a rather more endurable experience on the whole.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2018

Perhaps this is what Rothko meant when he told a group of art students that he included in his paintings a measure of hope: ‘‘10 percent to make the tragic concept more endurable.’’

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2017

The thought, certainly, couldn’t have been endurable for more than a few seconds.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger