inure

Example Sentences

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In 2021, wolves killed five cattle and inured eight, according to the state.

From Seattle Times

The crisis is born from a decades-long misguided war on drugs, greed in the pharmaceutical industry, an ill-equipped prison system, failed treatment programs and a nation seemingly inured to the startling toll of addiction.

From Los Angeles Times

Although much of Europe has become inured to the problems of migration — with the issue’s political potency having faded — the disaster Sunday dominated Italian news and could refocus attention on the subject.

From Washington Post

She had become almost inured to such behavior as she went through trainings at Camp Koriyama in northeastern Japan.

From Washington Post

Of course, few among us are inured from the consequences of extreme digitization, climate change, war and a yearslong pandemic.

From New York Times