bearable

Example Sentences

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There has also been a surge of online advice on how to make time in shelters more bearable.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

The chair would make life’s unavoidable irritants that much more bearable.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

The situation is particularly acute in the capital, Kyiv, where blackouts had, until late last year, largely been a bearable annoyance that residents could weather with power banks, candles and battery-powered torches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

The pressures of life, which in that moment felt unbearable, proved bearable.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

“But let me speed it up for you. You’ve had a busy day. It’s bearable, Jean Louise, because you are your own person now.”

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee