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1 —as in:
endured the pain
Definition
to suffer through (or put up with something difficult or unpleasant)- I endured insult and injury without complaint.
endured = suffered through
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- As a soldier, she was prepared to endure hardship and even to sacrifice her life for others.
- But we had come too far, hoped too high, endured too much, to turn back now.Kamala Markandaya -- Nectar in a Sieve
- By eight o'clock on a Tuesday night, you will experience the ecstasy of victory or you will endure the agony of defeat.Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe
- For Gordon it will be harder. ... But he will endure, Marta, and he will win his battle.Margaret Craven -- I Heard the Owl Call My Name
- He didn't care at all for the idea of going to the wedding and having to endure seeing Tita together with John.Laura Esquivel -- Like Water for Chocolate
- It [love] is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.Nicholas Sparks -- A Walk to Remember
- For there was never yet philosopher
That could endure the toothache patiently,William Shakespeare -- Much Ado About Nothing - Mami acted as if he were a troublesome visitor who had to be endured.Junot Diaz -- Drown
- ...anything was preferable to the solitude which I had so long endured,Edgar Allan Poe -- The Fall of the House of Usher
endure = suffer through
endured = suffered through (or to put up with something difficult or unpleasant)
endure = suffer through
endure = suffer through it (something difficult or unpleasant)
endure = suffer through (or put up with something difficult or unpleasant)
endure = suffer through
endure = suffer through
endured = suffered through (or to put up with something difficult or unpleasant)
endured = suffered through
2 —as in:
endure through the ages
Definition
to continue to exist- She is gone, but her teachings endure through the ages.
endure = continue to exist
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- Over the years, the stories my grandmother told me have endured as a source of wisdom in my life.
- Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
- [of war] I see that the keenest brains of the world invent weapons and words to make it yet more refined and enduring.Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front
- As bad as were the physical consequences of captivity, the emotional injuries were much more insidious, widespread, and enduring.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- The tranquillity which I now enjoyed did not endure.Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein
- Papa, to his enduring credit, was adamant.Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
- The filmy enchantments of mirage could not endure the cold ocean water and the horizon was hard, clipped blue.William Golding -- Lord of the Flies
- A pause; it endured horribly.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby
- How could such variation endure, such endless iteration of minds and faces?Madeline Miller -- Circe
endured = continued to exist
endure = continue to exist
enduring = lasting (continuing to exist through time)
enduring = lasting (continuing to exist through time)
endure = continue to exist
enduring = lasting (continuing to exist through time)
endure = survive (continue to exist in)
endured = lasted (continue to exist)
endure = survive
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