as in endurable
capable of being endured
the pain from a sprained ankle is annoying but bearable
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Recent Examples of bearable
Once a participant described a shock level as painful but bearable, researchers would dial the intensity back a few notches and work with that level for the rest of the experiment.
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Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
With more than four decades of experience and thousands of shows, Osborne takes a hands-on approach to tour routing, ensuring that travel is bearable and the band has enough energy for cross-country treks.
—Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 24 June 2025
For many, scoring the coveted window seat is a small victory that makes the cramped space and long hours more bearable.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 14 June 2025
The pajama-like feel of a good lounge set makes uncomfortable flights and transfers much more bearable.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2025
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Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
With more than four decades of experience and thousands of shows, Osborne takes a hands-on approach to tour routing, ensuring that travel is bearable and the band has enough energy for cross-country treks.
—Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 24 June 2025
For many, scoring the coveted window seat is a small victory that makes the cramped space and long hours more bearable.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 14 June 2025
The pajama-like feel of a good lounge set makes uncomfortable flights and transfers much more bearable.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bearable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearable
Adjective
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Waiting for the movie to come to Racine, Wisconsin, didn’t seem endurable.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2025
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Those intimate pauses are more endurable than the film’s particularly unfunny comic centerpiece, in which the men venture into a nightclub to meet with a generic, coke-addled magnate.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The shift in climate also means more frequent severe weather events and more tolerable conditions for invasive species to thrive in the state.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
8 July 2025
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Side effects can vary, too, sometimes making one medication more tolerable than the another.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
1 July 2025
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“Bearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearable. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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