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Meanings of inured in English

Made tough by habitual exposure.

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Usage of inured in English
1
The coral seems reasonably healthy, thus far weathering-orperhaps inured to-temperaturecreep.
The world without us
2
The boys, inured to marching, made the fifty miles journey before nightfall.
Jack Archer: A Tale of the Crimea
3
She still knew they were present, but she was inured to it.
Fragile Eternity
4
In truth they are stout and valiant soldiers, and inured to war.
The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
5
Both Shaw and myself were tolerably inured to the vicissitudes of traveling.
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life
6
Spain needs the assistance of other nations hardened and inured to toil.
Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 / A Weekl...
7
A younger son, you know, must be inured to self-denial and dependence.
Pride and Prejudice
8
They would be inured to the hardships they would have to endure.
In Darkest England, and the Way Out
9
He was inured to the hard little specks all over the house.
The whole world: a novel
10
She was a masterly woman inured to command from years of school-teaching.
The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural
11
As for himself, he had simply become inured to the desperate drudgery.
Amagansett
12
The third, old and prudent, and inured to Welch warfare, thought otherwise.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 07
13
Thus he was a constant sufferer till he became inured to school-life.
Louis Lambert
14
He was inured to early rising, and never permitted to be idle.
De La Salle Fifth Reader
15
The flagellant's curse, he thought, to grow inured even to the whip.
I Am Legend
16
It is inconceiveable that Irish society would ever become inured to such violence.
The Irish Times
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