All 9 Uses of
endure
in
1984 by Orwell
- And what way of knowing that the dominion of the Party would not endure forever?
p. 26..9 (definition 1)endure = survive (continue to exist in)
- Yet he could have endured living with her if it had not been for just one thing — sex.
p. 66..8 (definition 2)endured = suffered through (or put up with something difficult or unpleasant)
- But before death (nobody spoke of such things, yet everybody knew of them) there was the routine of confession that had to be gone through: the grovelling on the floor and screaming for mercy, the crack of broken bones, the smashed teeth, and bloody clots of hair. Why did you have to endure it, since the end was always the same?
p. 103..4 (definition 2) *endure = suffer through
- If he could get her at a table by herself, somewhere in the middle of the room, not too near the telescreens, and with a sufficient buzz of conversation all round — if these conditions endured for, say, thirty seconds, it might be possible to exchange a few words.
p. 110..9 (definition 1)endured = lasted (continue to exist)
- He was standing in front of a wall of darkness, and on the other side of it there was something unendurable, something too dreadful to be faced.†
p. 144..9 (definition 2)
- That it sought power because men in the mass were frail cowardly creatures who could not endure liberty or face the truth, and must be ruled over and systematically deceived by others who were stronger than themselves.
p. 262..5 (definition 1) *endure = survive (continue to exist in)
- It would never endure.
p. 269..1 (definition 1)endure = survive (continue to exist)
- But for everyone there is something unendurable — something that cannot be contemplated.†
p. 284..6 (definition 2)
- For you, they are unendurable.†
p. 284..8 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (endure as in: endure through the ages) to continue to exist
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(2) (endure as in: endured the pain) to suffer through (or put up with something difficult or unpleasant)