v cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
He was inured to the cold
s made tough by habitual exposure
a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett
Most Americans have become so inured to the open display of eroticism--and the arguments for why it enjoys special status under the First Amendment--that they hardly notice it's .
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Most Americans have become so inured to the open display of eroticism--and the arguments for why it enjoys special status under the First Amendment--that they hardly notice it's .
Teen driver in alcohol-related crash still hospitalized The teenager accused of driving in a crash blamed on alcohol and excessive speed that left two of his friends inured remains hospitalized.
June 11, 2013 - Wausau Daily Herald
Allegedly stoned equipment operator to be charged with manslaughter in Philly building collapse that killed six APA dust cloud rises as people run from the scene of a building collapse on the edge of downtown Philadelphia on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. At least six people were killed and 14 inured after the structure collapsed. PHILADELPHIA — A 42-year-old man who was allegedly high while operating demolition equipment...
June 7, 2013 - New York Post
Edward Leigh in BBC News The committee's chairman, Conservative MP Edward Leigh, said: "This committee has become inured to the dismal procession of government IT failures which have passed before us, but even we were surprised by the extent of the failure of C-NOMIS, the...
Martin Scorsese in San Francisco Chronicle What's happened is it's gone the other way in our society,says Scorsese. "We have to show everything and hear everything. Sometimes it works, but in the majority of cases, it's too noisy. ...... The audience is becoming inured to...
Jeff Bezos in Wall Street Journal I didn't understand all of the failings of a physical book, because I'm inured to them. But you can't turn the page with one hand. The book is always flopping itself shut at the wrong moment. They're heavy,Mr. Bezos said. "It's had a great...