All 24 Uses
endure
in
Eldest, by Christopher Paolini
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- A man can endure only so much abuse before he must strike back.
*endure = suffer through (or put up with something difficult or unpleasant)
- Our friendship shall endure, Eragon.
*endure = continue to exist
- You have endured so much loss, and yet your strength has never failed you.†
- Listening to it was like enduring a blistering, hackle-raising tirade.†
- Orik answered with obvious reluctance: "In the past, it was not uncommon for blood feuds to endure for generations.†
- "It would," said Gannel, "but not if we wanted it to endure centuries-millennia-without change.†
- Absorbed by the challenge, he forgot the terror he had just endured.†
- Though it pained him almost beyond endurance, he bowed his head and said, "You have my word."†
- And I cannot forget what I endured.†
- Isn't it enough that we are forced to pay Galbatorix's iron taxes, without also having to endure these senseless torments?†
- Surely Oromis wouldn't make me endure that torment again!†
- Grinning like a boy with his first dagger, he lit a taper with the coals from a brazier, which she could not fathom how he endured in the stifling weather, carried the flaming brand back to the bench, and used it to start a pipe packed with cardus weed.†
- The ones who had the hardest time enduring the high temperatures were men like Jormundur and her guards, who had to wear their armor all day long, even if they were stationed out under the lidless gaze of the sun.†
- Nasuada shivered at the thought of what the girl had endured.†
- To increase her endurance, Glaedr had her breathe fire for hours upon a natural stone pillar in an attempt to melt it.†
- His back pained him more and more frequently, driving him to the limits of his endurance.†
- Why must I endure this torture?†
- His back troubled him more than ever, battering down his health and endurance and destroying his calm of mind; he lived in constant fear of triggering an episode.†
- Even he cannot endure forever.†
- Saphira was especially pleased with the trip, and she delighted in showing Eragon how Glaedr's tutelage had enhanced her strength and endurance.†
- Arya never even looked at him while she walked, a slight that caused him more anguish than any physical wound he had endured.†
- She seemed more mature to him than when they last met, and he had to remind himself of the hardships she must have endured since: marching across Alagaesia to Surda, supervising the magicians of Du Vrangr Gata, and preparing for war.†
- I shall not denigrate what we have endured at the Urgals' hands, but neither shall I ignore potential allies when we are so greatly outnumbered by the Empire.†
- It's a pity that this befell Murtagh when he has already endured so much hardship.†
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
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)