How To Use Durable In A Sentence

It may seem a paradox that the same colour should be at once so durable and so fugitive, but we may briefly explain it by saying _when vitreous pigments are reduced to that extreme state of division which the palette requires, they lose the properties they possess in a less finely divided state_. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
People have called me "alm" as in "alms for the poor" in the past, and I thought it was funny how I read it in my head one way and everyone else had it differently. honeychild because honey is natural, durable and versatile. and we are all children -- that child in us never leaves -- the outer casing just grows up and gets older looking. lol LJWorld.com stories: News
Made of lightweight, durable fabric it has a zip end pocket. The Sun
Those people who need others to confirm their sense of existence fear solitude and find nature's indifference to human beings unendurable.
However, he played with some uncertainty and tentativeness, and no one is sure just how durable he will be.

Using advanced ceramics technology, these printers include a durable print drum with a super-hard coating that can produce up 300,000 pages of high-quality printing.
The resulting policy muddle might best be solved by looking to last week's durable goods report, and to an old standby. Times, Sunday Times
No. 844/General Motors/U.S./Consumer durables In June 2009 old GM filed for bankruptcy and sold substantially all of its assets to a new independent company (the new GM), which currently doesnt trade. Global 2000 Drop-Offs
With the focus, by and large, turning to door delivery, in the case of consumer durables as well as perishables, the location factor has been obscured.
Water buffalo is not as durable as cowhide, but it's cheaper because of its large supply.
Do you sell or know where I can find a replacement 222 mm crankset in aluminum or other lightweight durable material?
A vinyl or polyurethane finish has been applied on the surface to keep a shine without waxing; the urethane is more durable.
The rush into single-ply roofing of the 1980's has established single ply as a durable, reliable alternative to bituminous roofing.
Crafted from super-durable and water-resistant fabric, these lightweight bags feature a "bigmouth" opening to ensure you can get to all your goods. One Chic Mama
Let his suffering be remembered as an example to us all on how to endure personal struggles we may think to be unendurable.
The table shows the percentage of household consumer durables sold in the UK from 1972 to 1983.
Teflon is very durable but will burn off if you get the temperatures too high (take a look at your Teflon coated cookware), though that is not likely to happen on a regular use hunting rifle. What is more rust resistant stainless steel or the newer teflon coatings?
One of the advantages of using furniture made of walnut wood from Kashmir was that it is hardwearing and durable.
They are simply not going to be able to maintain the durable equilibrium that market socialists want and believe possible.
These players, who are generally faster than linebackers and brawnier than safeties, are more durable than receivers. The NFL's Mount Passmore
The entire social system, based on kinship and alliances, is shown crumbling away as, in each generation, wealth-bearing brides make off with what they can salvage in money and durables.
While coatings are durable, they do wear and their reflectivity decreases with age.
Before last season, he had been one of the most durable players in the game, as well as one of the best fastball hitters.
This mid-weight pullover is made of French terry cotton, making it soft and durable.
Sharing space with the sweet and sugary stuff will be all kinds of inedible things from consumer durables and garments to furniture and lifestyle products.
He wept inside for the pain that she was feeling, for having just found her father and to have him taken so cruelly from her was something that was nearly unendurable.
A Benedictine like these his brothers, tonsured and habited, he stood erect in the dignity of his office and the humility and simplicity of his nature, as fragile as a child and as durable as a tree. His Disposition
It has placed an almost unendurable strain on their marriage.
What you need for Africa is a simple, durable and inexpensive vehicle.
Kettles were extremely durable and easily transported by nesting them inside one another.
In two to three weeks, Ehrlich said, the Commerce Department plans publish statistics on durable goods orders and construction spending.
Comfortable and durable, these smart sneakers are made from subtle leather and feature fine stitching, with matching rubber toecap and midsole.
Evidence suggests that he is less durable than his colleagues.
As demand begins to exceed supply of waste collected through disposal systems, the price will rise, thereby making it worthwhile to provide incentives for the disposal of stored durables.
They in turn produced a call for stronger and more durable rails to bear the additional weight. The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877
I'm outmoded in this city of nouveau riche values and consumer durables.
Polished plaster is hard-wearing and durable, needing only occasional dusting and an annual re-wax.
But he's durable enough to play every down, and his speed makes him a threat every time he touches the ball.
This research will help breeders develop wheat with durable resistance to this disease.
Why It's Undervalued: If you need a tough, durable, comfortable twin for high and hot, there's not much else you can buy for the same money.
Would that durable solution follow a peace agreement or would it form part of the political resolution of the conflict? Refugees in the Age of Total War
Consumer durables Ownership of particular consumer durables is a further reflection of standards of living.
The rubber used is durable and strong so as it will not tear, expand or warp out of shape.
Unlike durable pieris, its relative, mountain laurel is tempermental. RHODODENDRON COMPANIONS FOR SPRING
In connection to gloves, they are durable and the longer you wear them the more durable they get.
How could it possibly improve its incredibly durable, absolutely leakproof, lifetime-guaranteed bottles?
Rogerson suggests replacing mismatched carpets with seagrass, which is neutral, hardwearing and durable. Times, Sunday Times
Iris, (Kashmiri, _Krishm_) Succeeds the tulip and precedes the rose as typical of Kashmirian Flora, is used as fodder, and the fibre makes ropes, which are, however, not durable. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil
We therefore undertook to develop a flexible c-mount adapter that would allow for motion in three axes and allow for parfocality and parcentrality while being durable. ThomasNet News - Today's New Product News
The slowdown will result partly from sluggishness in nondurable sectors such as apparel and textiles.
The Jazz has the oldest starting lineup in the NBA, but the advanced age doesn't mean the players are not durable.
Made with extra thick glass, this chunky wine goblet is a durable and versatile choice for casual entertaining.
The car is not made of stainless steel but instead it's made of some kind of durable alloy that can withstand bullets and rocket-propelled grenades.
Feldstein also criticizes the temporary subsidy for new car buyers "cash for clunkers" as "misguided," but in an opinion piece in the Washington Post on Jan. 29, 2009 , he proposed a "temporary refundable tax credit to households that purchase cars or other major consumer durables. Debating Professor Feldstein's Proposals on Stimulus
Victory in World War I depended, in large part, on the greater ability to endure the nearly unendurable and thereby delay defeat. The Bitter End
All of them were sensitive men who must have found the horrors of war almost unendurable.
It has placed an almost unendurable strain on their marriage.
The rubber used is durable and strong so as it will not tear, expand or warp out of shape.
In his afterward, he describes the importance of addressing cliched plots and perdurable stereotypes, stating that in order to ‘set pen to paper’ he had to ‘break the back of the story’.
The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more endurable.
Marriage may not be always be fashionable, yet empirical evidence shows that couples who marry are more likely to enjoy durable relationships than cohabiting couples. Times, Sunday Times
It's useful to be reminded, amid all the nods to history and perdurable heritage, that this was, at one level, a party for close to two thousand socially ambitious people.
The sonnet is probably the most durable of poetic forms, flexible yet sufficiently ordered to provide both infinite variety and a high level of unity in its manifold expressions.
This is said perdurable, for it is made perdurable, that is, of Jesu Christ. The Golden Legend, vol. 6
There is no more pressing and no more important economic question than finding a durable solution to the euro crisis. Times, Sunday Times
In a sense, then, the purchase of consumer durables is both consumption and a form of investment.
We retraced our steps to the "First and Last House in England," where we found our driver waiting for us with his conveyance, which we had now time to examine, and found to be a light, rickety, two-wheeled cart of ancient but durable construction, intended more for use than ornament, and equivalent to the more northern shandrydan or shandry. From John O'Groats to Land's End
Fast investment payback from fuel, cooling water and makeup water savings Durable, time proven designs, built to take the punishment of continuous, 24 hour a day service for years.
It has, however, one special feature which gave it the name "Trolly lace," as, unlike the perfectly flat lace of Flanders, it has a coarse thread or "trolly" outlining its patterns, and being made of English thread, it was coarse and not very durable. Chats on Old Lace and Needlework
At that time there did not exist any effective treatment whatsoever for schizophrenia, and the leukotomy managed at least to make life more endurable for the patients and their surroundings.
In addition, the Commerce Department said factory orders rose 0.5% in October, but inventories of "nondurable" goods, those intended to last less than three years, fell. Mixed Data Do Little to Change Glum Economic Outlook
Later, Dauphin decries his side's broken ranks: O perdurable shame! let's stab ourselves. Shakespeare on Games
And each of whom, in my humble opinion, is gifted and talented in real and measurable and endurable ways. THE CALLIGRAPHER
A torquey, powerful, and super-durable air/oil-cooled SOH C 348cc four-stroke puts the power to the ground through a six-speed transmission with reverse gear. Quad 2009 ATV Buyers Guide
The sides of the pit were as smooth as marble and as durable as granite.
We performs strict quality control, careful and endurable packing, and punctual delivery time.
We put a lot of attention into creating a durable, comfortable shoe with sturdy, slip-resistant soles.
In general, fabrics made by the twill weave interlacing are strong and durable.
The basement's big, unused front room must be finished in durable burlaps and grass matting for Uncle Chester; there must be a bath upstairs; two rooms for Aunt May and the girls, one for Grandma, one for Julia and little Anna. The Story of Julia Page
Granite, another durable material for countertops, is a popular choice, and is becoming more affordable as granite prices drop.
But there are nagging doubts about just how durable this recovery really is.
They had two sons and the marriage proved durable, but they were temperamentally ill-suited.
Asbestos cement is strong but lightweight, durable, waterproof, fireproof and a good insulator.
As befits the world's oldest and most durable hatred, it has many more adherents and has taken many different forms. Times, Sunday Times
That evening, at the Villa Aioussa, there gathered a courtly assembly, of much higher rank than Algiers can commonly afford, because many of station as lofty as her own had been drawn thither to follow her to what the Princesse Corona called her banishment -- an endurable banishment enough under those azure skies, in that clear, elastic air, and with that charming "bonbonniere" in which to dwell, yet still a banishment to the reigning beauty of Paris, to one who had the habits and the commands of a wholly undisputed sovereignty in the royal splendor of her womanhood. Under Two Flags
Though lighter to wear, silk is not as durable as velvet, particularly when confronted with thousands of embroidery stitches.
Colonial hinged shutters are durable enough to withstand hurricane wind forces.
The manufacturing growth has been jobless because it is based on capital-intensive investment to mostly produce durables such as cars, washing machines, and dishwashers.
It is viewed as tantamount to a durable solution - settlement in the country of first asylum in practice without necessarily providing the protection of citizenship. Refugees in the Age of Total War
The New York Times explained that ‘Monroe created one of the most durable idioms in American music.’
The durable art is always unaccepted at the initial phase but it explores a great existence.
This stainless steel cooking utensil is duraBle.
Interestingly, all her designs come in mahogany, which Baseera describes as strong and durable as teak or rose.
One thing to note, however, a vinyl window with welded frame and sashes will be stronger and more durable than a cheaper one in which these are mechanically joined.
The container is ‘durable, stable, closable, leak and puncture resistant, facilitates one-hand disposal, with guards that prevent hands from entering.’
Jobless after he went home, the unendurable idleness led him back to his old "friends," with whom he first took drugs.
It is more durable because it is based on self-interest and it is the basis of modern economic interdependence. Times, Sunday Times
Developing such cognitive networks provides more cues for recall and makes the connections more stable and durable over time, making them easier to remember.
A bin liner would be a much cheaper, though somewhat less durable, option. Times, Sunday Times
Bronze rapidly became a very popular metal since it was harder and more durable than either copper or tin by itself.
In two to three weeks, Ehrlich said, the Commerce Department plans publish statistics on durable goods orders and construction spending.
Stainless steel is the most common material; durable and easy to live with, in brushed or polished finishes.
Consumer durables Lone parent families are less likely than two parent families to have household consumer durables.
Captured in gruesome detail, the Garden Zombie is made out of durable resin and comes disassembled in three gory parts. Five Great Zombie Gifts | myFiveBest
THE federal government says "push factors" such as unendurable turmoil back home are behind this surge of asylum-seekers. WN.com - Articles related to Tamil Tigers join race for asylum
Melamine boards aren't as durable as wood or polythene and as they wear, they can absorb bacteria.
The result is a lot of simple wood shapes and accents of colour, with everything durable and understatedly chic. Times, Sunday Times
The root is encased by cementum, which is much thinner than enamel and not as durable.
Anyhow, the lags stem from things like product-replacement cycles for durables, and the time taken from planning a project to the time of its implementation.
What she found unendurable were the sleepless nights.
The epoxy matrix is very durable and resists most common chemicals. Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn: Safe crank removal?
Gradually turning from pink to dark red to rust, the flowers are almost as durable as the foliage. A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden
The disjuncture between a flat but durable real economy and the spate of corporate scandals distressing a weak stockmarket gives a clue to what is really going on in US capitalism.
Ramirez struggles with his control at times but has much better stuff and is more durable than Reynolds.
The fibers are strong, durable, and resistant to heat.
Durable power of attorney documents, like wills and trusts, can be changed or rewritten as needed.
In addition, some of the most durable fabrics are manufactured by the plain weave technique.
The durables could then be reused by other adventurers.
Versatile and durable, the range includes eight burners, four cast-iron full-surface grates, and a griddle accessory.
The business of marketers should be to invest in durable, authentic content and experiences for their customers, not coming up with increasingly effective ways of taking them to the cleaners. Micromedia futures or the emperor’s new clothes? « Innovation Cloud
We persist in decoration and designing of the parlor to be utilizable , economic, durable, artistic, elegant, with special characteristics, so that it can impress deeply on clients at the first sight.
Linen cloth observed through a microscope which magnifies the threads to a coarseness of about forty to the inch gives us the exact appearance of the buckram, which is a heavy, strong cloth well adapted to large books, and which furnishes the most durable binding of all the book cloths. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing
Other key indicators due out next week include consumer confidence, durable goods orders and consumer sentiment.
TOMS Shoes is working to prevent podoconiosis, which has already affected between half a million to a million Ethiopians, by providing needy children with durable footwear and by providing treatment to existing patients. TOMS Shoes Founder Works To Stamp Out Foot Disease In Ethiopia
All of this would be endurable if somebody could guarantee that this would be the final vote, the end of the debate.
The 1990s also saw expansion of other major markets for small motors, with computers and office equipment leading the way, followed by appliances, other durables, and heating and cooling applications.
Craftspeople spin cotton fabrics and weave strips of cloth that are sewn together to make durable garments.
The hard component was often formed from calcium carbonate, as found in shellfish, but other durable defences were provided by chitin (a complex carbohydrate) in crustaceans and insects.
Alexander mentions only one: “Perhaps the most important conservative insight being depreciated is the durable warning from free-marketeers that government programs often fail to yield what their architects intend.” Matthew Yglesias » More Condescension Needed
It was probably true that every front door would open into a household splendid with the latest consumer durables. MOONDROP TO MURDER
The extensively used galvanized steel is durable, economical, and virtually maintenance free.
Recent economic reports had shown hints of a pickup in consumer spending and a rebound in durable goods orders. But the data on Tuesday was less reassuring.
For a fraction of a second I felt that life itself was no longer endurable.
He is durable, tough and people expected him to cause me a lot of problems. Times, Sunday Times
This distribution channel enables us to guarantee you a durable, high - performance product.
This included vaulting, which was more durable than the more primitive, earlier building methods.
There have been fine achievements in the export of cars, televisions and other consumer durables.
It was unendurable that the furry limb would be thrown away into an incinerator. ON CATS
As people grow richer, their appetites for newer and jazzier consumer durables taper off, and the things they want more of include health, education, clean air and safety from threats both foreign and domestic. Economic Policy Analysis, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
These include higher minimum grain purchase prices and subsidising purchases of durables and cars.
Its ability, though, to repopulate a small area all on its own is giving researchers in Australia great hope that plants will be far more durable in the face of long-term climatic change than they've thought in the past. Self-Cloning Botanic Wonder Amazes Australian Scientists
Marriage may not be always be fashionable, yet empirical evidence shows that couples who marry are more likely to enjoy durable relationships than cohabiting couples. Times, Sunday Times
Durable and convenient, this handy reference functions as nicely in an open field with a flashlight as it does spread out on a desk.
Spending on such "durables" dropped at a 12 percent annual rate in 2008's third quarter and at a 20 percent rate in the fourth. The Great Escape
One of the kibbutzniks even taught us about making beautiful durable houses out of mud.
The M14 was very reliable and durable, single shot or auto.
According to Table 5, the elasticities of inventory to sales are 0.947 and 1.041 for durables and non-durables respectively.
Their exactions at last became unendurable, and a long struggle broke out between them and the burghers, which resulted in what is known as the enfranchisement of the towns. General History for Colleges and High Schools
Intensely beautiful, this is also a durable plant, even resisting the attention of grazing deer.
Villagers wear everyday clothing fit for farming work: women wear flowery cotton or flannel dresses, and kerchiefs on their heads; men wear shirts and pants made of durable cloth, and caps or hats.
Economic recovery has begun, albeit inevitably shrouded with uncertainty about quite how strong and durable it is going to be. Times, Sunday Times
And then there was the strong element of The Dad throughout, his footprints as durable as those of the iguanodon in a fossilized coastal swamp bed. Supernatural: Jump the Shark - Pink Raygun.com
In the bringing of unendurable emotional pain into language and human dialogue, a deadened sense of being is reborn. Robert D. Stolorow: Losing and Regaining My Sense of Being
Durable Abrasion resistant Resilient Nonpilling Nonshedding Nonstatic Ultraviolet light-resistant—nonfading Colorfast Flame resistant HOME COMFORTS
Urethane is just as soft as balata but is more durable and consistent.
cottonade," that beautiful and durable fabric peculiar to Louisiana, and so well suited to the southern climate. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire
The Labrador journeys acquainted Murie with both Indians and Eskimos from whom he learned durable skills and values.
less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys
The City of Portland has found that sedums, hardy, durable plants that are native to the region, work best.
Any metal object requiring a strong, durable finish is a candidate for our electro static process.
The durable high-impact plastic case is water resistant to 100 feet.
Over the years he's developed a technique in which he sketches out his works, then paints them in sections on what he calls parachute paper, a thin but durable substance. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Mark had been raised with farm horses, slaving for the uncle who grudged him house-room and food, and he still rode farm fashion, inelegant but durable, now that the bishop's stable had provided him a fine tall gelding in place of a plodding farm drudge. His Disposition
It was necessary to concentrate on a durable, sustainable and long-term focussed crime reduction strategy. ANC Daily News Briefing
Economic recovery has begun, albeit inevitably shrouded with uncertainty about quite how strong and durable it is going to be. Times, Sunday Times
Although it provides a durable interior surface, gypsum plaster is too water soluble to use on exterior walls.
Vast, durable, the light from the iron-sconced lanterns flung up against the curved structure of the towers that gave the house its name. A Girl Possessed
In the mid-1850s, tinsmiths applied their skills to the toy industry, creating durable, lightweight, mass - produced toys.
This bowl is also thrown in Soldate 60, a groggy durable clay. Kater’s Art » Blog Archive » Flat Blue Bowl
When not in the canoe or assisting at the portages, Murie gathered bird specimens with shotgun or rifle, took photographs with a durable camera, and, when time allowed, sketched his subjects.
Teapot, $58 Among the pretty, useful, durable things are Portland designer Adam Arnold's tight-fitting slipcovers shown in fuschia wool, $550 and a shockingly good-looking extension cord. schoolhouseelectric.com New in Design
Durable and seamlessly stylish, glossy resin looks beautiful in open-plan areas and warehouse conversions.
Painted steel is likely to be less durable than other kinds.
I think these are the great existential questions, the basis of all that makes life hard, complicated and, from time to time, unendurable. Suffering and Enlightenment « Tales from the Reading Room
Durable Synthetic Leather , Enhanced Toe Support , CUSHLON midsole, Heel Visable Air , Durable Rubber Outsole.
Aviation experts have designed durable new radial tyres that burst into lighter, more flexible fragments if a blowout occurs.
Worsteds resembled silk textiles but cost less and were more durable.
It is not just demand for consumer durables that has been warped by Iraq's strange new economy.
The seeds are attached to a durable fruit casing by a cord with a fleshy outgrowth, or aril, at its base that bats find appetizing.
And stair should choose sort of durable, nonskid , normally can label makes clear stair applicable.
It's useful to be reminded, amid all the nods to history and perdurable heritage, that this was, at one level, a party for close to two thousand socially ambitious people.
Typically used in high volume processing applications, trommels are especially durable.
Made of lightweight, durable fabric it has a zip end pocket. The Sun
Most conventional cooktops are made of porcelain enamel which is very durable.
Send us your gladiators with herpes, and your perdurable impetus. Blawg Review #228 : Law is Cool
The NRC developed a new enzyme, designed to make hemp feel softer but remain durable.
Today, with a spirited 2-year-old in the house, serious redecorating gives way to slip covers and throws, durable furnishings to withstand the energies of a toddler.
The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more endurable.
Families on supplementary benefit, now income support, are likely to borrow to buy items of clothing or durable household goods.
Recalling my consumption, the current round of real estate consumer hot "chain-type" stimulate early light consumer durables consumption hot with terms.
It's splashproof and durable, and performs pretty well in low light. Times, Sunday Times
A leading manufacturer of consumer durables, including file cabinets, filing supplies, filing accessories, steel security boxes, metal shelving, and work support systems.
The resolution calls for a durable peace settlement.
We should also remember that only durable objects have survived, and most of them in burials and dredged from rivers and other wet places. BRITAIN BC: Life In Britain and Ireland before the Romans
Made of lightweight, durable fabric it has a zip end pocket. The Sun
Tooth enamel, the hardest substance in our bodies, provides a durable coating for the softer dentin underneath.
These floorings are durable and low maintenance and easier to replace than ceramic if damaged.
The new one is lighter, can filter unnecessary noise, and is more durable.
On the plus side, he plays hard and is durable; he is strong defensively and displays leadership.
Certainly, we can make a very plausible argument that Mr. McCain has, when politically pressured, shown a proclivity to distort our Constitution in matters that have profound, perdurable implications. Challenging John McCain - Erick’s blog - RedState

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