as in endurable
capable of being endured
the pain from a sprained ankle is annoying but bearable
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Maggie Horton, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Having support can make a bad culture more bearable and may even help drive change from within.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
However, one patient recently discovered a handwritten note that made his trip to one more bearable.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Dammers’s recollection of this time will strike a chord with many people who were there:
For me, reggae made punk gigs bearable.
—Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bearable
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“Bearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearable. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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