I am now inured to humiliation; and it would be strange if I refused you this, after having granted you so much. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Yesterday's term was inure, which is defined as. From Wordnik.com. [Define That Term #51] Reference
These clichés and jargon inure us to tyranny. From Wordnik.com. Reference
And to me, that didn't inure to our country's benefit. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2001] Reference
Alas! my child, habit does not inure one to child-bearing. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of Two Brides] Reference
Strengthening their economies will inure to our benefit, Lou. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2004] Reference
I at once proceeded to inure myself to the life of the Esquimaux. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
And I think any delay is going to inure to the benefit of the defense. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2004] Reference
BROWN: And Barbara Starr, inure leaving for Afghanistan in the morning. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2009] Reference
And chances are, they'll be just as inure as they were before the bill passed. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2006] Reference
If there is any profit in the circulation of such notes, it ought to inure to the government. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
A robot may not inure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. From Wordnik.com. [Mirage]
I know you're willing, but corporate directorship doesn't inure one to much physical hardship. From Wordnik.com. [Icerigger]
Twenty years commanding a vessel might inure anyone to the regular formalities, Gatha supposed. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodlines]
The Clinton's see the Democratic Party as an instrumentality which must inure to their own benefit. From Wordnik.com. [Harold Ickes Confirms That Wright Is Key Topic In Discussions With Super-Delegates] Reference
But the results of that war are going to inure to all of our benefits when the next big crisis hits. From Wordnik.com. [Stop the cover-up now « BuzzMachine] Reference
And I don ` t have a jet to provide a congressman with that kind of a benefit and inure his good favor. From Wordnik.com. [Perfectly Legal:The Covert Campaign to Rig our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich- and Cheat Everyone Else] Reference
But we want to make sure that not one thin penny would ever inure to the benefit of Christopher Coleman. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 26, 2009] Reference
At the least, a prince may animate and inure some meaner persons, to be as it were scourges, to ambitions men. From Wordnik.com. [The Essays] Reference
One would think that an author would inure themselves against a bad review when they decide to become a writer. From Wordnik.com. [December 2005] Reference
But she uttered not a word of repentance for her suggestion that Barack Obama's death could inure to her benefit. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Cohn: Hillary Invokes Assassination] Reference
RONIS: Right, but that higher charge, Nancy, certainly didn't inure to the benefit of the defendants in that case. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 9, 2003] Reference
The ship lifted again, a little higher this time for safety as its course slanted in once inure toward the mountain. From Wordnik.com. [Natives of Space]
It's just another Swiftboating to inure the public to their own insidious attacks, trying to mainstream hate-speech. From Wordnik.com. [Accountability Not] Reference
Should not the benefit of this circulation inure to the people, rather than to corporations, either state or national?. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
Some physicians, examining such patients every day, inure themselves to a task they view as pointless but unavoidable. From Wordnik.com. [Jacob M. Appel: What's So Wrong with "Death Panels"?] Reference
You agree that all use of the Logo, and all goodwill arising out of such use, will inure to the sole benefit of CSUSA. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: May 12, 2002 - May 18, 2002 Archives] Reference
Early this morning, a virus ravaged my home pc which was supposedly inure to such attacks because its silly Windows ME OS. From Wordnik.com. [notes from the peanut gallery] Reference
That would amuse him, change the air of his thoughts, and give him time to inure himself to the horrible thing he had discovered. From Wordnik.com. [Pierre And Jean] Reference
His schooling did not inure Ruggles from the misadventures of youth, and he went through a wild period in his early teenage years. From Wordnik.com. ['David Ruggles'] Reference
He tried to inure himself to fatigue, climbed the tallest trees with incredible quickness, learned to swim, watched through the night. From Wordnik.com. [La Grenadiere] Reference
Later, frilly dresses shed, snickering girls inure into padded sleeping bags splashed with colorful Strawberry Shortcakes and Cinderellas. From Wordnik.com. [White Horses] Reference
Just the opposite; his white family and formative years in brown-skinned environments probably helped inure him to such fear and suspicion. From Wordnik.com. [Leonce Gaiter: Somewhat More Visible Man] Reference
If such aid is rendered it must be to the full cost of the work, and all the benefits should inure to the people and not to the corporation or its stockholders. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
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