How To Use Bearable In A Sentence

The pain is as unbearable as it was a year ago. Times, Sunday Times
Then you start to tuck into your breakfast but have to give in after two or three mouthfuls because the pain of chewing and then swallowing the food becomes unbearable.
He falls into a stupor, into utter oblivion of the world about him, becomes in turn excited and confused, his senses begin to functionate in a fallacious manner, and he thus succeeds in shutting out from consciousness, for the time being at least, the entire unbearable situation. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
In the pictures his pride and pleasure are almost unbearable to look at.
Puddings are a small pleasure in a sea of grey days, one of those things that make it bearable. The Sun

During the first twenty minutes or so, I wasn't sure I would make it through the entire movie -- it was, I thought, similar in style to a kind of movie I find unbearable: a style based on long handheld shots, a soundtrack that contains little or no music and lots of environmental sounds characters breathing, eating, walking, and a general attitude that seems to fetishize "artlessness", though offers little to replace the art it so disdains. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
The uncertainty is unbearable!
For large numbers of farmers in Aunli, even the present costs are not bearable.
Research has produced helpful medication and nursing techniques to make life more bearable for all concerned. The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food
It was impossible to hear anything over the deafening crashing of the desks or the unbearable exploding of the hallways.
A musty aroma of hunter's stew filled her nostrils, and the sour smell of soggy, rotten straw was almost unbearable all of a sudden.
They claim attacks - often referred to as "beastings" - were unbearable. Undefined
They don't look great but they make cycling 50 miles almost bearable. The Sun
If anyone's interested in gifting Spooky and me with the distractions that help to make this existence bearable, in the form of Solstice gifts, we have both updated our Amazon wish lists. "I'm living in an age that calls darkness light..."
The shrill whine and unbearable thunder of falling bombs dug in under my skin and stayed there.
War has made life almost unbearable for the civilians remaining in the capital.
The sole saving grace of the film is Jemaine Clement (of Flight of the Conchords fame) as Ronald Chevalier, a pompous author of bad sci-fi novels who is ironically the only character to not reach unbearable levels of annoyingness. This Week in DVD & Blu-ray: 2012, Where the Wild Things Are, Ponyo, and More | /Film
The sentimentality, which at times reaches unbearable levels, is saccharine and cloying.
Traveling with a nursing child can ratchet up the anxiety to unbearable levels.
Ultimately, the moralism of Veber's fable becomes slightly cloying, as the film suggests that a simple change in perspective from time to time is enough to make that stultifying job at the plant more bearable.
So much goes unsaid: and for some the agony of what's unsaid is almost unbearable. Times, Sunday Times
Make it more bearable by investing in a powerful steam iron. Times, Sunday Times
What we did have which made it bearable is a pretty constant onshore breeze and of course ceiling fans. How liveable is year-round climate in La Penita (north of PV) without air conditioning?
The camaraderie among fellow employees made the tedious work just bearable.
Adding something positive may make it bearable. Coping with Stress at Work
The repeated photos in the papers would be more bearable and we could turn the sound down when they speak on telly and still feel a warm glow.
The pain was unbearable but the overriding emotion was a fear of dying. The Sun
The camaraderie among fellow employees made the tedious work just bearable.
With cheerful colours from lime green to pineapple yellow, they promise to make the steaming hot days a little more bearable.
The searing heat of the day was almost unbearable. Times, Sunday Times
This album's lairy gloating is made just about bearable because Tinie is, at heart, a nice guy, who – like his most obvious referent, Kanye West – mentions his mum every few songs. Tinie Tempah: Disc-Overy
The loneliness I feel is unbearable. The Sun
Under current law, euthanasia is restricted to terminal patients suffering unbearable pain with no hope of improvement, and who request to die when they are of sound mind.
It was mid summer by now and the weather could be unbearable at times, the sweltering heat making you break out in a sweat.
The patient was seized with unbearable pains
The verbal and sometimes physical abuse that the guards have to take can be unbearable.
None of them had the timing needed to make this stuff bearable. Times, Sunday Times
I got sick, as I so often had at times of unbearable tension, which delayed our departure for a month.
To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable. Erich Fromm
Poor funding and underpaid animal keepers make the conditions for some of the animals almost unbearable.
The ensuing trembling in the morning made the plastic hours in the airport departure lounge more bearable, with only a few shandies to stop the shaking.
Lisa suffers from fits of sudden rage and unbearable fatigue.
Before long a carnival of color began which I can only describe as delirious, intoxicating, a hardly bearable joy, a tender anguish, an indescribable yearning, an unearthly music, rich in love and worship. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
As a portrait in music of a family's struggle to come to terms with loss, it is at once compelling and almost unbearable. Times, Sunday Times
By no means a pleasant experience, this is a supermarket after all, but an eminently bearable one with zero stress.
Too bad you've done yourselves in in your quest for the unbearable sunshine of a burdenless mind. John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
Wait for the tension to become unbearable, noticing the meaningful glances in the hallways, and then wait for him to kiss you.
Being debarred from the deck by incessant showers of spray, sleet, and snow, and the cold of mid-winter being unbearable in the dark, damp saloon, I went to bed at four for the first two days. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither
Once this has been established as a pattern, being without our particular crutch in a period of stress can feel unbearable. Healthy By Nature
All I remember of childbirth was the unbearable pain and the relief when it was all over.
If you decide to apply the proposed actions, the next few weeks should be more bearable - in fact, you will probably be amazed at the surge of motivation and positive energy within your subordinates!
All windows are open to air the rooms and with only shutters to keep out little intruders the level of noise is unbearable.
As a portrait in music of a family's struggle to come to terms with loss, it is at once compelling and almost unbearable. Times, Sunday Times
When I first saw them, I found those few moments of newsreel almost unbearable.
He wanted to be a good security guard and look after her but the situation became unbearable. The Sun
I will never fully recover from the loss, but your outpouring of kindness and understanding has made her death that much more bearable.
But at my age the hangovers have become unbearable. Times, Sunday Times
They don't look great but they make cycling 50 miles almost bearable. The Sun
Health hazards arise since full protective clothing is unbearable in a tropical climate, even if the poor farmers could afford it.
Decent restaurants, shops of international repute, bearable hotel, excellent restaurants and the bustle that spells boom.
Do they worry about the unbearable lightness of being? Times, Sunday Times
As temperatures start to drop, out come the woollies, together with all manner of heating appliances - and fires - to make the nights and early mornings more bearable.
The surgery improved her condition, but also left her with unbearable itchiness and sweating.
Choose a spot with cooling breezes to make life more bearable in the hot season. Times, Sunday Times
Unusually for a sportscar of this type, it comes with six gears, making the occasional motorway cruise all the more bearable.
The noise is unbearable, the air is unbreathable, it takes 8 hours to get to the track, 10 hours to get home, it's 135 degrees in the shade (not that there is any), and you can't see a dang-fool thing.
That was just about bearable, but then they started spraying the table-tops with chemical cleaners, the thin mist wafting over onto our plates and up our noses.
Only when I'm finally out there on stage does it become bearable. Times, Sunday Times
The disproportion between his new self-perception and his actual social status as an ordinary businessman and later as a derided cult leader was unbearable.
His suffering at her hands would have been unbearable had he not so richly deserved it for his crass stupidity and snobbishness.
Perhaps the latter is a way of rendering solitude bearable and of naming the coldest objects that enclose it. Salvatore Quasimodo - Banquet Speech
From hurricanes to floods to unbearable heat, 2005 was one for the record weather books.
NEC has been a good employer for 30 years and seems committed to making the closure as bearable as possible.
If he goes and Naya stays then the next month could be bearable.
Even several people I know who generally share his world view told me they found his strutting pomposity almost unbearable this year.
At times the characters seem clichéd, but they are bearable all the same.
At exactly twelve minutes past two by my wristwatch the unbearable feeling of tension collapsed, and I knew it was over.
It brought a smile back to their faces and made life bearable again. CELEBRATING SECOMBE: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe
Today's lifestyle police would have us believe that it is unbearable because of these two diversions.
The extremes can be unbearable, as well, so I'm sure a more temperate climate might be prefered by a number of people. What Do We Know About Climate Preferences?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Oliver speculated that sometimes when people who are driven to succeed are placed under unbearable stress and can't bring themselves to quit, they do something that forces them to quit.
Israel must be an awfully dreary and deprived place if the only way to make it bearable is make the neighboring countries seem worse by destroying their infrastructure. So much for iran’s tor-1s
Simple, relaxing moments like this make the daily grind of being a student a little more bearable.
She expects that there will come a time when her continuing existence will become unbearable. Times, Sunday Times
The headaches before her periods were unbearable and almost made her scream. Banish Headaches -how to obtain fast, drug-free relief from headache
The situation for Japanese film-makers in the mid-1940s had deteriorated to unbearable levels.
When his choking became unbearable, our nurse administered a drug to help him relax. Christianity Today
Watching from above, Her Majesty the Queen would have understood Dalton's unbearable sense of loss.
None of these assets made Catherine's worst times bearable, of course, but she was luckier than many.
The pain was so unbearable that he was writhing in agony.
The weather is warm all year, but the summer heat is more bearable than further south. Times, Sunday Times
It brought a smile back to their faces and made life bearable again. CELEBRATING SECOMBE: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe
People, children, have some ingenious ways of coping with the impossible and the unbearable.
She then had the unbearable task of turning off her husband's ventilator.
With the heat rising from the kitchen into her room it must have been unbearable in the height of summer.
This guy looks nice enough, and he'll probably make this godforsaken trip bearable.
Kirk saw her grimace slightly—an expression of unbearable pain in a Vulcan—as she leaned into the force field, trying to push her way through. DARK VICTORY
Don't carry your fears all by yourself; enlist help and talk it through to make the burden more bearable. POSITIVELY FEARLESS: Breaking free of the fears that hold you back
I am airsick, and when I asked a medic for airsickness pills he gave them to me, I took them, and then I became so sleepy it was unbearable.
The pain was unbearable but the overriding emotion was a fear of dying. The Sun
Maybe no bad thing if you remember the unbearable behaviour of London city boys in the mid-Eighties.
Despite the world-shaking blasts of weaponry as the Americans try to root out the snipers, this is also a contest of wills in which the tension rises to a level that seems unbearable, and then rises again.
I wouldn't be sitting there acting like I'm in unbearable pain. 7stacks Does OS X Stacks In Windows 7 Style | Lifehacker Australia
Breaden and Godfrey were suffering agonies from "sandy blight," a sort of ophthalmia, which is made almost unbearable by the clouds of flies, the heat, the glare, and the dust. Spinifex and Sand
When the unbearable heat drove us at mid-day to seek shelter, he took us to his beehouse in the very heart of the forest. A Sportsman's Sketches
Puddings are a small pleasure in a sea of grey days, one of those things that make it bearable. The Sun
The only things that made her life bearable were the occasional visits from her grandchildren.
Dressing for that was easy: a smart two-piece suit, matching hat and shoes; and the whole lot had to be worn for only a few hours, making pinching shoes and tight waistbands entirely bearable.
Which would be just about bearable if the clutch weren't both heavy and juddery. Times, Sunday Times
This is just about bearable in a cookbook, but when you are squinting at the telephone screen it becomes tedious. Times, Sunday Times
The heat had suddenly become unbearable; he thought he might suffocate at any moment.
At this thought an unbearable sense of shame possessed him.
Only that mighty mass of clouds called Arjuna, aided by Krishna like unto a powerful wind, with celestial weapon representing its fierce lightning, the white steeds, the rows of white cranes coursing underneath and the unbearable Gandiva, the rainbow ahead, is capable of extinguishing the blazing flame represented by Karna by means of its arrowy showers let off with unflagging steadiness. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1
This is just about bearable in a cookbook, but when you are squinting at the telephone screen it becomes tedious. Times, Sunday Times
Day in day out, through the night there was hollering and shouting, it was almost unbearable.
She never thought she would be able to come to terms with the unbearable grief.
I got sick, as I so often had at times of unbearable tension, which delayed our departure for a month.
These images range from disturbing to heinous, but somehow the rhythmic beat of Jal's words lessens the impact and makes the footage bearable, while the meaning of the lyrics edifies and provokes thought. Tonya Plank: War Child, Story of a Sudanese Child Soldier Turned Hip Hop Star, is Horrifying, Humanizing, Edifying
When we hit, the pain was so unbearable that I wanted to die. Times, Sunday Times
Their failure itself is made by it more bearable than the failure of those others who act the vulgarian and demand so little of life that even that little escapes them. The Kempton-Wace Letters
Last night on the evening air a faint whiff of garbage floated down the street making the heat even more unbearable.
To reimmerse myself in the anguish of detail seemed scarcely bearable. Times, Sunday Times
But at my age the hangovers have become unbearable. Times, Sunday Times
I could not care less about buying the stuff Starbucks is peddling, be it edible, drinkable or hearable … everything is unbearable Hi Apple? I’d like an iPhone, but hold the phone. | Sync Blog
I've been given gabapentin and painkillers but the pain is unbearable. The Sun
The unbearable weight of expectation and the sheer guilt of costing so much money. Times, Sunday Times
When you're surrounded by people you love and people that love you, the hardships of life become more bearable. Christianity Today
It is dark and damp and the smell is unbearable. The Sun
My countrymen, in such a situation, a wrong decision can lead to unbearable losses.
The searing heat of the day was almost unbearable. Times, Sunday Times
An unbearable sadness grips my heart that I can't shake.
I think selection is usually enough to keep things bearable, nothing like arid inter-gender relations to make even the most stupid of texts bearable were it to originate from someone bearably attractive. Read this and keep
Besides, getting treatment should help his school performance and will make home life more bearable. The Sun
For me, gym class finally became almost bearable in twelfth-grade, when the emphasis shifted from team sports to what the teacher called "lifelong activities" like running, golf, and tennis. Archive 2007-04-01
It is the same dream that will comfort us when times get tough, when the valley is deep, when the road is long, when the burden is heavy, when the strain is unbearable, when the hills are un-climbable, when the rivers are un-crossable, when problems are unsolvable. Byron Williams: THE DREAM LIVES ON
Likewise, I heard no difference in the way that the Channel 9 crew commentated these Ashes, but many Poms probably found them bearable this time around because they weren't being told how bad their team was in Strine. Aussie cricket commentators have been a breath of fresh air on air | Rob Bagchi
I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful. Bob Hope
Then something almost unbearable happens. Times, Sunday Times
This is an unbearable situation for the police. Times, Sunday Times
For a man of honour, a guilty conscience must be a dreadful, perhaps unbearable burden.
The loss of the girl/boyfriend, for example, may well be an overwhelming and unbearable narcissistic injury.
In successfully arguing Cunningham's case for asylum, Weinberg also said Jamaica's sodomy laws banning sex between men and "dancehall" music - whose lyrics often advocate violence against gays - made life for Cunningham unbearable. Undefined
All I remember of childbirth was the unbearable pain and the relief when it was all over.
She expects that there will come a time when her continuing existence will become unbearable. Times, Sunday Times
Holding within their billowed masses the healing punishments of the rain, chaliced beakers of golden flame, lightnings instant and unbearable as the face of God -- dissolving into a crystal nothing, reborn from the viewless caverns of air -- here let us erect one enraptured altar to the bright mountains of the sky! Shandygaff
You realize that swimming without fins has become unbearable.
Global catastrophes are made bearable - or at least comprehensible - through its measured tones. Times, Sunday Times
Flakes of green pepper and onions added much spiciness to the dish, but it was bearable for customers.
The world seemed suddenly profane, meaningless and, therefore, unbearable. Buddha
We are keeping busy but there are times when life feels unbearable. The Sun
Wiltshire, 12 days ago claiming the attacks - often referred to as "beastings" - were unbearable. IcCoventry
I remember seeing a gentleman who had the preceding day travelled two stages in a chaise with what he termed a bearable pain in his bowels; which when I saw him had ceased rather suddenly, and without a passage through him; his pulse was then weak, though not very quick; but as nothing which he swallowed would continue in his stomach many minutes, I concluded that the bowel was mortified; he died on the next day. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life
The point about drop bars is that their variety of hand positions makes longer trips more bearable. Times, Sunday Times
And besides, he has found more personal ways of making his life bearable. Times, Sunday Times
Only when I'm finally out there on stage does it become bearable. Times, Sunday Times
An easy 70% of irritations melted away, drowned out by the music of my choice – well, my sister's choice, as I suspect I will go to my grave without learning how to get a new tune on tothe clever little doodah – andtherest became instantly more bearable. Lucy Mangan: The sound of the suburbs
Puddings are a small pleasure in a sea of grey days, one of those things that make it bearable. The Sun
By the end of the vignette, when the bombs are placed and we are waiting for detonation, the tension is almost unbearable.
What it says is that with significant but bearable cost, in terms of sluggish growth and a kind of profitless quasi-prosperity for a couple of years, we can work out of this unique animal that Reaganomics produced in the early 1980s. The United States: Economic Outlook
What makes it really unbearable is lifts that have no facility for closing the doors when they no longer need to be open. Times, Sunday Times
Choose a spot with cooling breezes to make life more bearable in the hot season. Times, Sunday Times
But this job is unbearable and is really driving me crazy.
Others find that direct light of any sort causes no difficulty, but sunlight through windows is unbearable. M.E. and You - a self-help plan
Without the buffer of the trees, the noise from the highway would be unbearable.
However I was consoled by the fact that when it had cooled down to a bearable temperature it actually tasted very good.
While she was stationary they stayed dammed up inside her, causing unbearable pressure around the heart. MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY
It was bearable outside weather-wise and Owen's hay fever wasn't too bad. MUSIC FOR BOYS
They serve not to make the film watchable, only to make it bearable.
Make it more bearable by investing in a powerful steam iron. Times, Sunday Times
Her woebegone eyes spoke of unbearable suffering.
The heat and stench of the converted barn was suddenly unbearable.
I hated the limelight and found it unbearable.
None of them had the timing needed to make this stuff bearable. Times, Sunday Times
'A cool but bearable twenty degrees Celsius, about sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit. INCA GOLD
Research has produced helpful medication and nursing techniques to make life more bearable for all concerned. The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food
With each breath, the roughness became a little fuller, a little more unbearable.
So much goes unsaid: and for some the agony of what's unsaid is almost unbearable. Times, Sunday Times
The opposite - i.e. a short delicate man and a tall corpulent woman - is unbearable both for the couple and for others, because it is banned by the internal images and needs of middle-class society.
He's been unbearable since he won that prize.
In that moment he rises above his stupid gianthood, and earnestly warns the Son of Light that all his power and eminence of priesthood, godhood, and kingship must stand or fall with the unbearable cold greatness of the incorruptible law-giver. The Perfect Wagnerite, Commentary on the Ring
I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful. Bob Hope
The pain was so unbearable that he was writhing in agony.
It would make my life more bearable. Times, Sunday Times
One more day cooped up indoors would have been unbearable.
Besides, getting treatment should help his school performance and will make home life more bearable. The Sun
Despite high doses of intravenous morphine and ketamine, the pain was unbearable.
Pip found the phoney war unbearable. DOVES OF WAR: Four Women of Spain
If the other side had won the boasting and bragging would have been unbearable.
Though Leia Organa was grateful to Dash for his help, she nonetheless found the Corellian's smug attitude unbearable.
Every second that passed he felt a greater and more unbearable desire to possess this small, slender body.
If I were knitting little booties on the other side of the fire from you, I might find it bearable. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
War has made life almost unbearable for the civilians remaining in the capital.
Eventually, foreign demands on Fort Knox for dollar conversion into gold, coupled with a growing U.S. trade deficit, resulted in unbearable pressures on the system's integrity. Free Markets, Foreign Exchange and the International Monetary Market
That he committed suicide in 1989, an unknown, unrecognised old man, only to have his work finally ‘discovered’ in 1990, is almost unbearable.
It is what makes the thought of winter, which of necessity has to precede it, just about bearable. Times, Sunday Times
That back of mine, he wrote John Morris in June 1953, continues to hurt and the third professor to examine him found that I had a displaced disk in my vertebrae which inflamed the so-called sciatic nerve and the pain was and is unbearable. The Great Escape
When his choking became unbearable, our nurse administered a drug to help him relax. Christianity Today
The verbal and sometimes physical abuse that the guards have to take can be unbearable.
Choose a spot with cooling breezes to make life more bearable in the hot season. Times, Sunday Times
Assuming that it's only a great disaster such as flood or famine that makes one's burden unbearable is just not always true. Living the Dream

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