bearable

Example Sentences

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You may personally find some of them terrible, but most are bearable and all are virtually inevitable.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

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

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

On his decision to confess, he said he prayed the consequences would be "bearable to the people who I've said sorry to" and that his justice in the law would be "deserved".

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

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

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

The awful pain in my eyes had turned into a bearable sting.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals