All 16 Uses of
endure
in
Harry Potter (#6) and the Half-Blood Prince
- While I endured the dementors, you remained at Hogwarts, com-lortably playing Dumbledore's pet!†
Chpt 2 *
- He had expected an upswing in the amount of gaping and gawping he would have to endure this term after all the "Chosen One" rumors in the Daily Prophet, but he did not enjoy the sensation of standing in a very bright spotlight.†
Chpt 7
- Harry was so pleased to see it he felt he could even endure Filch's wheezy criticisms of his tardiness and rants about how his timekeeping would improve with the regular application of thumbscrews.†
Chpt 8
- Pleased though he was with his choices, Harry had also shouted himself hoarse at the many complainers and was now enduring a similar battle with the rejected Beaters.†
Chpt 11
- As Harry had endured much worse mutterings than this in his school career, he was not particularly bothered, but all the same, the pressure was increasing to provide a win in the upcoming match against Slytherin.†
Chpt 14
- If they lost…. well, Harry thought wryly, he had still endured worse mutterings…… Harry had no reason to regret his choice once he saw Dean fly that evening; he worked well with Ginny and Demelza.†
Chpt 14
- Although Harry much preferred this new laughing, joking Ron to the moody, aggressive model he had been enduring for the last few weeks, the improved Ron came at a heavy price.†
Chpt 15
- It now seemed impossible that Ron and Hermione would make up with each other before the holidays began, but perhaps, somehow, the break would give them time to calm down, think better of their behavior… But his hopes were not high, and they sank still lower after enduring a Transfiguration lesson with them both next day.†
Chpt 15
- And I hope for your sakes they are better than the tripe I had to endure on resisting the Imperius Curse.†
Chpt 21
- In spite of all the temptation you have endured, all the suffering, you remain pure of heart, just as pure as you were at the age of eleven, when you stared into a mir-ror that reflected your heart's desire, and it showed you only the way to thwart Lord Voldemort, and not immortality or riches.†
Chpt 23
- You have flitted into Lord Voldemort's mind without damage to yourself, but he cannot possess you with-out enduring mortal agony, as he discovered in the Ministry.†
Chpt 23
- Harry had already been called out of the common room to endure fifteen highly unpleasant minutes in the company of Professor McGonagall, who had told him he was lucky not to have been expelled and that she supported wholeheartedly Snape's punishment of detention every Saturday until the end of term.†
Chpt 24
- There were Slytherin taunts to be endured next day,
Chpt 24 *endured = suffered through (or put up with something difficult or unpleasant)
- At once, there was that horrible sensation that he was being squeezed through a thick rubber tube; he could not draw breath, every part of him was being com-pressed almost past endurance and then, just when he thought he must suffocate, the invisible bands seemed to burst open, and he was standing in cool darkness, breathing in lungfuls of fresh, salty air.†
Chpt 25
- Was this why he had been invited along — so that he could force-feed Dumbledore a potion that might cause him unendurable pain?†
Chpt 26
- He could not stop himself dwelling upon Dumbledore's inexcusable trust in Snape … but as Hermione had just inadvertently reminded him, he, Harry, had been taken in just the same … in spite of the increasing nastiness of those scribbled spells, he had refused to believe ill of the boy who had been so clever, who had helped him so much … Helped him … it was an almost unendurable thought, now … 'I still don't get why he didn't turn you in for using that book,' said Ron.†
Chpt 30
Definitions:
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(endure as in: endured the pain) to suffer through (or put up with something difficult or unpleasant)
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(endure as in: endure through the ages) to continue to exist