inured; inuring
: to accustom to accept something undesirable
children inured to violence
: to become of advantage
policies that inure to the benefit of employees
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Examples of inure in a Sentence
Does violence on television inure children to violence in real life?
the hardship of army training inured her to the rigors of desert warfare
Recent Examples on the Web
Too many false alarms can inure people to warnings and render alarms less effective when a disaster does occur.
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Umair Irfan, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
As large, intense wildfires and evacuations become more common, some residents are growing tired of uprooting their lives and are growing inured to the risk — or more confident in their own abilities to manage it themselves.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
At least one person was killed and dozens inured by a drone that fired three missiles, according to the Lebanon Health Ministry.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
In an age of the lone gunman, amid deepening rancor in a society inured to gun violence and militant political rhetoric, the shooting was another potent sign of what counterterrorism agencies are facing.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
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Umair Irfan, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
As large, intense wildfires and evacuations become more common, some residents are growing tired of uprooting their lives and are growing inured to the risk — or more confident in their own abilities to manage it themselves.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
At least one person was killed and dozens inured by a drone that fired three missiles, according to the Lebanon Health Ministry.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
In an age of the lone gunman, amid deepening rancor in a society inured to gun violence and militant political rhetoric, the shooting was another potent sign of what counterterrorism agencies are facing.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
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inure
verb
in·ure
in-ˈ(y)u̇(ə)r 
inured; inuring
1
: to make less sensitive : harden
inured to cold
2
Legal Definition
inure
intransitive verb
in·ure
i-ˈnu̇r, -ˈnyu̇r
inured; inuring
: to become of advantage
—usually used in the phrase inure to the benefit of
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