All 8 Uses
endure
in
The Bluest Eye
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- ...pains they had endured--childbirth, rheumatism, croup, sprains...
Chpt 4 *endured = suffered through
- Misery colored by the greens and blues in my mother's voice took all of the grief out of the words and left me with a conviction that pain was not only endurable, it was sweet.†
Chpt 2endurable = something that can be suffered through (or put up with)standard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- Pecola, on the other hand, restricted by youth and sex, experimented with methods of endurance.†
Chpt 2
- A sweet, endurable, even cherished irritation, full of promise and delicate security.†
Chpt 2endurable = something that can be suffered through (or put up with)standard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- Short crocus blades sheathed the purple-and-white hearts that so wished to be first they endured the chill and rain of early spring.†
Chpt 4
- In any illness that could not be handled by ordinary means— known cures, intuition, or endurance—the word was always, "Fetch M'Dear.†
Chpt 4
- Afraid of running into Darlene, he would not go far from the house, but neither could he endure the atmosphere of his dead Aunt's house.†
Chpt 4
- Bestiality did not occur to him, and sodomy was quite out of the question, for he did not experience sustained erections and could not endure the thought of somebody else's.†
Chpt 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
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)