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Grammar : Adj
Spell : bair-uh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛər ə bəl



Definition of bearable

Origin :
  • "endurable," mid-15c., from bear (v.) + -able. Related: Bearably.
  • adj endurable
Example sentences :
  • The weather was pretty calm, and the cold without breeze was bearable.
  • Extract from : « The English at the North Pole » by Jules Verne
  • If the country about were agreeable—nay, if it were bearable!
  • Extract from : « The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 » by Various
  • The temperature was just bearable, but the road was toilsome from its uneven character.
  • Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne
  • If I had not a good heart, I should not be bearable any where.
  • Extract from : « Louis XIV., Makers of History Series » by John S. C. Abbott
  • I don't see how, to such a stormy creature as Emily, he could have been bearable.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1919 » by Various
  • To be beaten by Kathleen, and Irene, was bearable, but—Dorothy!
  • Extract from : « Tom and Some Other Girls » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
  • And I think that all things are bearable if a man will only make up his mind to bear them.
  • Extract from : « Dr. Wortle's School » by Anthony Trollope
  • Could they be any more prevalent than they are now,—bearable only because we are calloused to them?
  • Extract from : « Monopolies and the People » by Charles Whiting Baker
  • And June felt just then that to assist somebody was the only bearable thing.
  • Extract from : « The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. » by John Galsworthy
  • Ripton had to learn that eyes are bearable, but eye-glasses an abomination.
  • Extract from : « The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete » by George Meredith

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