inure
IPA: ɪnjˈʊr
verb
- (transitive) To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries.
- (intransitive, chiefly law) To take effect, to be operative.
- (transitive, obsolete) To commit.
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Examples of "inure" in Sentences
- He is inured to stay awake all night.
- James Hopes had inured his hamstring.
- The experts are inured with their skills.
- They are trained to be inured for combat skills.
- Inured as I was to scenes of violence, I stepped back.
- The world now is almost inured to the power of journalism.
- As for sexual, well, perhaps I am inured, but I see that all of the time.
- They were lumbermen, farmers and miners, inured to hard work and privation.
- Edward said the repeated showings of the video inured him to its full horror.
- Infantrymen are often trained and inured to the injuries caused by barbed wire.
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