Enured (Adjective)
Meaning
Made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The firefighters were inured to the sight of burning buildings after years of responding to emergencies.
- The peasant's hands were inured to the rough work of tilling the soil, his fingers thick and calloused.
- After months of working outdoors, the construction workers were inured to the harsh weather conditions.
- The athlete's muscles were inured to the strain of intense physical activity, allowing her to perform at a high level.
- The soldier's nerves were inured to the sound of gunfire, but the screams of the wounded still haunted him.