inure
verb (used with object)
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed byto ).
had inured
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past perfectof inure.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I think I had inured myself to these sort of things because they hadn't been coming my way.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2013
They still whispered Minya’s words to her, but she had inured herself to them.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
The blood-stained soil of Valley Forge had inured him to hardships to which others would have yielded.
From Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow, Commander of the Fifteenth Regiment of the Massachusetts Line in the Continental Army, during the War of the Revolution by Charles Hersey
Tweedles ate anyhow, but long stretches of cafés or boarding houses had inured them to cooking that I simply could not stomach.
From Back at School with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed
But E science had inured him to shock.
From Eight Keys to Eden by Mark Clifton
