sufferable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sufferable
Adjective
  • That's not a just, endurable peace.
    NBC news, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Waiting for the movie to come to Racine, Wisconsin, didn’t seem endurable.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In addition to preserving natural ecosystems and the sustainable fisheries that depend on them, reefs may help to protect coastlines from storms and floods, which will become ever more urgent as climate change and rising sea levels give rise to more dangerous storms.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Even if this early success — 5-1-1 in their previous seven games — isn’t sustainable, these Blackhawks are far more entertaining than teams of recent vintage.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Moreover, within wider patriarchal systems that afford few women, regardless of marital status, economic and social security, polygyny may not just be a tolerable choice but in some contexts a preferred arrangement with tangible benefits for both genders.
    David W. Lawson, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But Gault always knew there’d be food on the table and heat making winter nights tolerable.
    Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Sufferable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sufferable. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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