as in sustainable
capable of being endured
a flu shot is never pleasant, but I find the momentary pain entirely endurable
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But Russo understands the appeal, even the necessity, of those absurd affections that exceed all reason and make the travails of human life endurable.
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Ron Charles, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
Becoming more endurable may or may not.
—Greg Presto, Men's Health, 14 July 2022
But the most intriguing aspect of the book is its brief sojourn into the development of some of our most historically endurable monsters: vampires, werewolves and zombies.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 11 July 2013
To battle the latter is the inclusion of a chamois, or a seat pad, which provides an extra layer of comfort and padding under the sit bones to make your ride more endurable and your training that much better.
—Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022
Even the struggles the characters faced were, in the end, endurable with mutual support and winsome optimism.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 9 Dec. 2021
Among his symptoms were blindness, paralysis, a weight of just seventy pounds, excruciating spinal pain—made endurable only by opium taken three ways, including poured into wounds kept open for the purpose.
—Michael Hofmann, The New York Review of Books, 22 July 2021
Ron Charles, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
Becoming more endurable may or may not.
—Greg Presto, Men's Health, 14 July 2022
But the most intriguing aspect of the book is its brief sojourn into the development of some of our most historically endurable monsters: vampires, werewolves and zombies.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 11 July 2013
To battle the latter is the inclusion of a chamois, or a seat pad, which provides an extra layer of comfort and padding under the sit bones to make your ride more endurable and your training that much better.
—Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022
Even the struggles the characters faced were, in the end, endurable with mutual support and winsome optimism.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 9 Dec. 2021
Among his symptoms were blindness, paralysis, a weight of just seventy pounds, excruciating spinal pain—made endurable only by opium taken three ways, including poured into wounds kept open for the purpose.
—Michael Hofmann, The New York Review of Books, 22 July 2021
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