bearable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- bearableness noun
- bearably adverb
Etymology
Origin of bearable
Example Sentences
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The chair would make life’s unavoidable irritants that much more bearable.
From Salon
When the weather outside is above zero, it's just about bearable.
From BBC
The situation is particularly acute in the capital, Kyiv, where blackouts had, until late last year, largely been a bearable annoyance that residents could weather with power banks, candles and battery-powered torches.
On his decision to confess, he said he prayed the consequences would be "bearable to the people who I've said sorry to" and that his justice in the law would be "deserved".
From BBC
Like many she has invested in power banks to make life more bearable:
From BBC
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