endurable

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Could a cold plunge be not only endurable but enjoyable?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

So how do you know when a gross but endurable situation requires medical intervention?

From Salon • May 16, 2021

But several hours later, on the rainy street, she managed to convince herself that answering was more endurable than going through Oliver’s voice mails.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 20, 2018

Perhaps this is what Rothko meant when he told a group of art students that he included in his paintings a measure of hope: ‘‘10 percent to make the tragic concept more endurable.’’

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2017

The wind of the night before had subsided, and, though the cold was still sharp, it was more endurable.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt