inure
verb (used with object)
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed byto ).
has inured
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present perfectof inure (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Useful, critical coverage of your subject becomes impossible once nonchalance or indifference has inured you to scandal.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2020
Alarmists might suggest that our willingness to indulge artistic liberties on the big screen has inured us to the far more consequential distortions that now plague a “post-fact” culture.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2016
Their skills exist on an entirely different plateau, and their weekly exposure to seven-figure paychecks and audiences has inured them from experiencing anything like what we mortals feel teeing it up in a club championship.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 5, 2016
Or maybe it only looks that way to Wang because success has inured him to controversy.
From Forbes ● May 5, 2015
Not even life with you for twenty-five years this coming 10th of July has inured me to insult.
From Red Men and White by Frederic Remington
