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Meanings of endurable in English

Capable of being borne though unpleasant.

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Usage of endurable in English
1
But it keeps no endurable brands of English or American smoking tobacco.
Who is mark twain?
2
Somewhat astonishingly, it made enough money to launch this equally endurable follow-up.
The Irish Times
3
The smell of this horse blanket was less endurable than the cold.
The Call of the Canyon
4
It's not trendy glamour, it's endurable luxury, the first retail banker said.
Reuters
5
This expression I desire to repeat here for perpetuation in endurable form.
Fifty Years of Public Service / Personal Recollections of Shelby...
6
Only so could the past be retrieved, or the future made endurable.
The Spinners
7
But we may do much to make the margin of failure endurable.
A Modern Utopia
8
Such an occupation could only be endurable under the name of sport.
Lady Hester; Or, Ursula's Narrative
9
He declines because the alternative of staying where he is is endurable.
Jeanne of the Marshes
10
They render the brief intervals of peace almost endurable to both parties.
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
11
In the full knowledge of his father's misery his own became endurable.
Cord and Creese
12
On the whole, it was more endurable than might have been supposed.
An Antarctic Mystery
13
But, so far, I find the waiting, in such weather, very endurable.
Mrs. Red Pepper
14
The rudimentary precautions to keep our imprisonment endurable he would not observe.
The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
15
The strain on his shyness would be awful, would be scarcely endurable.
Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days
16
How you can find my company endurable I can never make out.
Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
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