Definition of Inure

to become immune to unpleasant events or situations

Examples of Inure in a sentence

Raising three dramatic daughters will inure you to temper tantrums.  🔊

After a while, the guards were able to inure themselves to the voices of the prisoners begging for freedom.  🔊

Even the veteran detective could not inure himself to the sight of a murdered child.  🔊

Soon, the girls became inure to the cruel treatment of their kidnapper and started to think of him as their savior.  🔊

Although the athlete was taking a strong medication, he left the game because he was not able to inure himself to the pain.  🔊

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