Examples of bearable in a Sentence
He's in a great deal of pain, but the medication makes it bearable.
the pain from a sprained ankle is annoying but bearable
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The burden of explaining how the hell that happened is on head housekeeper Lily (Arquette) and her husband Ray (Paterson Joseph), both of whom have a commanding enough screen presence to make the exposition bearable.
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Katie Rife, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
Just because you were abused as a child does not make your inability to stick with the same verb tense for more than two sentences any more bearable.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
With temperatures across the Inland Empire expected to reach the 90s and higher, the center's director, Penny Lilburn, said her staff has resorted to fans and open-door air flow to make the heat more bearable as the seniors have their fun.
—Zach Boetto, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Spring and fall offer bearable temps—prime time for gravel biking, off-roading, land sailing, hot-spring soaking, or astrophotography on the playa’s flat, hard surface.
—Ted Alvarez, Outside, 9 Mar. 2026
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Katie Rife, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
Just because you were abused as a child does not make your inability to stick with the same verb tense for more than two sentences any more bearable.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
With temperatures across the Inland Empire expected to reach the 90s and higher, the center's director, Penny Lilburn, said her staff has resorted to fans and open-door air flow to make the heat more bearable as the seniors have their fun.
—Zach Boetto, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Spring and fall offer bearable temps—prime time for gravel biking, off-roading, land sailing, hot-spring soaking, or astrophotography on the playa’s flat, hard surface.
—Ted Alvarez, Outside, 9 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bearable
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“Bearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bearable. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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bearable
adjective
bear·able
ˈbar-ə-bəl 
ˈber-
: possible to bear
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