as in to strengthen
to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure
the hardship of army training inured her to the rigors of desert warfare
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Recent Examples of inure
There’s something about these people’s experiences that has inured them to like the spilling of blood, and the spilling of blood is very talismanic for them and sort of meaningful.
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Michaela Zee, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025
That success seems to have inured him against the realities of the polls.
—Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
But while these young creatives may soon be tasked with creating tomorrow’s desirable product, they aren’t inured by today’s challenges — in the industry or otherwise.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
We’re all inured to sensationalist headlines about some disaster or another on the horizon.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Michaela Zee, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025
That success seems to have inured him against the realities of the polls.
—Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
But while these young creatives may soon be tasked with creating tomorrow’s desirable product, they aren’t inured by today’s challenges — in the industry or otherwise.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
We’re all inured to sensationalist headlines about some disaster or another on the horizon.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
See All Example Sentences for inure
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“Inure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inure. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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