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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

Its protecting banks sheltered the herd from the raging blizzard; the season had inured the cattle, given them shaggy coats to withstand the cold, and only food was lacking in the present trial.

From Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings by Adams, Andy

"However, it is so sometimes, and nothing happens that we expect," he added, with the repose of a man whom misfortune had inured rather than subdued.

From Far from the Madding Crowd by Hardy, Thomas

He could see the underlying blood dye her dusky cheeks when she asked the question desperately, as it seemed to him with a kind of brazen shame to which custom had inured her.

From Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also the Villain) by Raine, William MacLeod