All 6 Uses of
endure
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
p. 113.4 *endure = suffer through (or put up with something difficult or unpleasant)
- So all was endured in a spirit of shared understanding.†
p. 169.6
- How could one or two or even a mouthful of angry tooth roots meet a wagonload of powhitetrash children, endure their idiotic snobbery and not feel less important?†
p. 187.5
- One girl, whose name and face have melted into the years, gave me "an all-enduring friendship ring," and Juan gave me a black lace handkerchief just in case I wanted to go to church sometime.†
p. 254.9
- Thanks to Mr. Freeman nine years before, I had had no pain of entry to endure, and because of the absence of romantic involvement neither of us felt much had happened.†
p. 282.7
- No one had helped me endure the sickly gray months.†
p. 288.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(endure as in: endured the pain) to suffer through (or put up with something difficult or unpleasant)
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(2)
(endure as in: endure through the ages) to continue to exist