INURE in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of INURE
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inure
 v.  apply in use; use or accustom till no pain or inconvenience; harden; habituate
Classic Sentence:
1  She found, however, that it was one to which she must inure herself.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
2  , inured by his past life to culpable deeds, and but little reformed by his sojourn in the galleys, as was proved by the crime committed against Little Gervais, etc.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FO...
3  This discretion of conduct had inured to his credit.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER II—FAUCHELEVENT IN THE PRESENCE OF A DIFFICULTY
4  His conscience inured to every assault of destiny, might have appeared to be forever impregnable.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER I—A DRINKER IS A BABBLER
5  By the same computation, they provided me with sheets, blankets, and coverlets, tolerable enough for one who had been so long inured to hardships.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II.
6  Give a muzhik enough to live upon for twelve months without working, and you will corrupt him for ever, so inured to rags and vagrancy will he grow.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
7  I commenced by inuring my body to hardship.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 1
Example Sentence:
1  Then as it relates to the benefits that we expect to inure from the system itself, let me turn that over to Stan to give you some highlights.
2  She became inured to the Alaskan cold.
3  After living here for years I've become inured to the cold climate.