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Example sentences for "could endure"

  • At last I could endure it no longer, and then suddenly rose and walked to my rooms--I lived in the club.

  • Finally, he could endure it no longer, and, putting the manuscript into the safe, turned off the electric light, and stole out of his office like a thief.

  • At last, as the moon was paling, I could endure it no longer, and, rising from my bed, began to pace the room.

  • I wanted to tell him that I did not think that I could endure to feel again that awful expansion of my back and the turning my feet into toads.

  • It was very kind of Mr. Lawrence, but really--" Then I could endure it no longer.

  • At last I could endure it no longer, I jumped to my feet.

  • When he was recovering, Harry Merrycourt, to whom he had given his parole, was bound to take him to London for his trial, riding by easy stages as he could endure it, whilst Harry took as much care of him as if he had been his brother.

  • There had been a little tumult about once a week for the last six months, so we could endure a great deal, but this was plainly a much larger one.

  • He said he could endure inaction no longer, and that his health had improved so much that he should not be a drag on the expedition.

  • I have had her arms round me, and her bosom on mine--" I could endure it no longer.

  • He roused me at last into speaking to him, by sheer dint of irritating my nerves until I could endure him no longer.

  • The suspense was more than I could endure.

  • The loneliness of the house was insupportable; my anxiety about Oscar grew more than I could endure.

  • Only forsake thy fathers' faith, Mah'med and God adore, And forget thy love and fatherland.

  • The incident he mentions of the papers destroyed has no other importance than as showing how conscience at first pronounced and how a strong hand silenced its expression.

  • She read my question in my eyes: of her own accord she answered: "Yes, Pierre, it is quite true.

  • To lie helpless and see Jack Smith insulted before my face would have been bad enough, but to hear him taunted with the very secret I had so miserably and treacherously let out was more than I could endure.

  • It was more than I could endure; and when he started to go I asked if I might walk with him.

  • The thought was more than she could endure.

  • Often he felt he could endure no longer, that he must give up and sink.

  • But this vision of the supernatural, this spirit of the woman she had sent to her death, was more than her sturdy stoicism could endure.

  • Then I explained all, and told her how I had dreaded her anger, and yet felt that I could endure suspense no longer, but must somehow force her to make me the very happiest or most miserable of men.

  • I feel not your kindness as a burden, Miss Nelly, it has been accepted as freely as bestowed--'twas the longing to see and to thank you that I could endure no longer.

  • Since it would give Ellen pleasure to take the journey, and we would take it together, I could endure a few more days of waiting.

  • Mr. Lincoln saw that he could endure no more; and as he had obtained a few hours' sleep on deck during the night, he insisted that the weary boy should have some rest, while he took care of the sick.

  • Noddy, sharply, for he could endure a whipping as easily as he could a threat.

  • There was a young lion in the novice, and a blow from any man was more than he could endure.

  • The thought of making you miserable was more than I could endure--I am so fond of you!

  • This was rather more than I could endure patiently.

  • To remain blindfolded any longer was more than I could endure.

  • I had made up my mind never to see you again; I had made up my mind (if I married Eunice) to rid myself of my own miserable life when I could endure it no longer.

  • The idea of never seeing Father or Mother again is more than I could endure.

  • It makes me shiver to think of her, and if I had to see or to touch her, it would be more than I could endure.

  • Everything that was said hurt me; and it seemed to me that I had borne all that I could endure.

  • I don't think he could endure to have anybody talk to him.

  • For many years the Count had been accustomed to that taunting and sarcastic voice, but this feeble joke at such a moment was more than he could endure.

  • This was more than the Countess could endure.

  • The doubt that she had cast on my marriage was more than mortal resignation could endure.

  • I looked and looked at the portraits until I could endure them no longer.

  • The fierceness of his voice showed her that he had been brooding for weeks, and that life was, just now, harder than he could endure.

  • Meanwhile aimless conversation was more than he, in his present mood, could endure.

  • A day arrived when he felt that it was all, really, more than he could endure.

  • I could endure it no longer, and throwing back the blankets, raised myself and sat upright.

  • At last I could endure it no longer, and groping my way to the door, opened it, and held my breath, as I listened for some sound to indicate that I was not the only thing that breathed and lived within the gloomy walls.

  • Phil had walked the piazza as long as he could endure it, then throwing himself upon his horse, had galloped off in the direction of Rutledge.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "could endure" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    could assume; could believe; could count; could desire; could discover; could easily; could endure; could get; could hold; could love; could meet; could muster; could never; could not have told; could not help laughing; could paint; could play; could possibly; could scarce; could show; could stop; could summon; could swear; could talk; couldst thou; when behold