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
But Renshaw’s solitary and wandering life had inured him to these things.
From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Bertram Mitford
His primitive life in the camp had inured him to new habits; he had been removing only his shoes and his coat when he went to bed.
From When Egypt Went Broke by Holman Day
Perhaps it was fortunate that experience had inured us to the unpleasantness of sudden forced changes of camp.
From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
