as in endurable
capable of being endured
the pain from a sprained ankle is annoying but bearable
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Recent Examples of bearable
However, one patient recently discovered a handwritten note that made his trip to one more bearable.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Dammers’s recollection of this time will strike a chord with many people who were there:
For me, reggae made punk gigs bearable.
—Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Shoutout to the creature comforts that help make those early days of the parenting grind bearable!
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 17 Feb. 2025
Two things have made that time bearable: his art and his best friend Marshall Ragsdale.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Dammers’s recollection of this time will strike a chord with many people who were there:
For me, reggae made punk gigs bearable.
—Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Shoutout to the creature comforts that help make those early days of the parenting grind bearable!
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 17 Feb. 2025
Two things have made that time bearable: his art and his best friend Marshall Ragsdale.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bearable
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“Bearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearable. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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