How to Use endurance in a Sentence

endurance

noun
  • The exercise program is designed to increase both strength and endurance.
  • Life’s too short to read books for the sake of ego or endurance.
    Riza Cruz, ELLE, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The best way to peak endurance is by adding more weight.
    Brett Williams, Men's Health, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Next up is a test of strength and endurance: situps and pushups.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 30 Apr. 2022
  • But the drug does increase blood flow to the heart and can boost endurance.
    John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The film was an endurance test for the 88-year old Skerritt.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 1 Oct. 2021
  • In this view, even one opera might prove a test of endurance.
    Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The 64-year-old says her whole life has been about endurance, but the same could be said of Sofia.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
  • But the hardest test of his endurance to this point has been the waiting.
    Alina Simone, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2022
  • This isn't the first time Hawkins has made headlines for her show of endurance.
    Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Many teachers say they've been pushed past the point of endurance.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 28 Aug. 2022
  • For HODLers of crypto, the last couple months have been quite the test of endurance.
    Anne Sraders, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2022
  • By the end of rehearsals, the singers have the endurance for this musical marathon.
    Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2022
  • As with any good reunion, the movie’s subject is the endurance of the past in the present, for better or worse.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2022
  • In the crazy world of extreme endurance events, the anvil races are not yet widely known.
    Bill Blewett, baltimoresun.com, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The car will race at Le Mans, the 24-hour endurance motorsport race in June.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 31 May 2024
  • Their endurance is at once a paean to their spirits and a well of prescient lessons.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
  • What were the secrets to this mighty kingdom’s endurance?
    Sam Sacks, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Like a runner in a marathon, the job demands endurance (and maybe a good deal of coffee).
    Nina Metz, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The goal of the free program is to progressively build your endurance as the weeks go on.
    Christa Sgobba, SELF, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Plant was putting them through a cheerful endurance test, but the filmmakers were used to the hunt.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 17 Feb. 2025
  • And there’s a lot of insight into the light and great endurance of his character at the end of his life.
    Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The real endurance record that matters is the cannonball run coast-to-coast in the USA.
    New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2025
  • For activists, the endurance of the protests among ethnic minorities is a sign of what’s to come.
    Jomana Karadsheh, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The high level of vacancies is a sign of the job market’s strength and endurance.
    Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Enlarge / Pouch cells of the sort tested for endurance.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 21 July 2022
  • In other words, the focus of a ski trainer is endurance.
    Men's Health, 22 Feb. 2023
  • In a 2020 interview, Rydell talked about the endurance of the trio as a touring act.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Osbourne said his workouts include endurance training due to his long lay-off from performance.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2025
  • It’s been a killer performance, from start to finish, and undoubtedly the reason that the show found both popularity and endurance.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2025

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