inure
verb (used with object)
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed byto ).
inuring
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present participleof inure.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Las Vegas didn’t challenge the rest of the way and star guard Chelsea Gray went back to the locker room midway through the fourth quarter after inuring her foot.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2023
They had to be there daily, inuring themselves to dismay.
From Time Magazine Archive
It may perhaps be traced to a cabinet in the Rue des Postes, for the chiefs of the clergy saw more clearly than any one else the danger of inuring the working-men to war.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
Hence, as the morning of life is peculiarly favorable to the formation and fixing of habits, the importance of inuring yourself to battle with this inward foe, in this flexible season.
From The Faithful Steward Or, Systematic Beneficence an Essential of Christian Character by Sereno D. Clark
After inuring them to fatigue, and drilling them thoroughly in the exercises of battle, he commenced his career.
From The Empire of Russia by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
