All 9 Uses of
endure
in
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- "I came here," said he, "to make you a friendly proposition; but your ingratitude chafes me beyond endurance.†
Chpt 11endurance = the ability to suffer through (or put up with) something difficult or unpleasant
- When grandmother reported this to me, I was tried almost beyond endurance.†
Chpt 27 *
- I repeatedly urged her to consent to the publication of her narrative; for I felt that it would arouse people to a more earnest work for the disinthralment of millions still remaining in that soul-crushing condition, which was so unendurable to her.†
Chpt Appeunendurable = not capable of being suffered through (or put up with)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unendurable means not and reverses the meaning of endurable. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- This poor woman endured many cruelties from her master and mistress; sometimes she was locked up, away from her nursing baby, for a whole day and night.†
Chpt 2
- One black man, who had not fortitude to endure scourging, promised to give information about the conspiracy.†
Chpt 12
- I supposed that religion had a purifying effect on the character of men; but the worst persecutions I endured from him were after he was a communicant.†
Chpt 13
- Every trial I endured, every sacrifice I made for their sakes, drew them closer to my heart, and gave me fresh courage to beat back the dark waves that rolled and rolled over me in a seemingly endless night of storms.†
Chpt 16
- The dread of being disabled was greater than the physical pain I endured.†
Chpt 18
- So, then, after all I had endured for their sakes, my poor children were between two fires; between my old master and their new master!†
Chpt 27
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