Inured (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
- After years of working in harsh weather conditions, the mountaineers were inured to extreme temperatures and altitudes.
- As a lifelong athlete, Sarah's muscles had become inured to the strain of intense competition, allowing her to push through injuries that would have crippled others.
- Having spent their entire lives on the farm, the farmer's hands were inured to the rigors of physical labor, capable of performing demanding tasks with ease.
- A childhood spent outdoors in all weathers had made Emma's skin inured to the effects of the sun, but not completely resistant to its burning power.
- By spending so many years at sea, Captain James was inured to the pitching motion of the ship and rarely got seasick.