How To Use Durance In A Sentence

Having met a good deal of the sea, they knew, like a man who has felt a good deal of the world, that heavy endurance and patient bluffness are safer to get through the waves somehow than sensitive fibre and elegant frame. Springhaven
The marathon race is the big test of endurance in the Olympics.
However, the reps go up dramatically for endurance-oriented muscles such as calves and abs.
Objective: To observe the effect and endurance of the polysaccharose vaccine for prevention of epidemic encephalitis caused by Type A virus.
A Swindon doctor and marathon runner looks set to finish the ultimate endurance test in the Sahara Desert.

Jane's party was more of an endurance test than anything else.
Linear regression between endurance and speed for individuals from the reed and the stonewort. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
Alcohol affects endurance and ability to train. The Sun
But the poem appears to commend long-suffering endurance and to suggest that mourners may be silently visited by Divine Grace.
My own church had a rather muddled concept of algetic offering that at least produced the proper endurance-discipline. The Golden Torc
The night's lengthy endurance challenge involved seven teams racing against the clock.
The range and endurance time are also extended by in-flight refuelling, using a probe and drogue inflight refuelling system.
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. Alfred Hitchcock
Such effects would be particularly useful to endurance athletes. Times, Sunday Times
She was pushed beyond her powers of endurance .
Also called fartlek training, intervals are used by competitive endurance athletes for improving speed and conditioning.
Long legs are also vital for endurance running, because speed is gained by increasing the length, not rate, of strides.
But, clearly, the division between perdurance theories and endurance theories is somewhat unnatural, because ‘endurance’ theories differ so radically amongst themselves.
Her propeller shaft was fouled and she was dragging her anchor, so Endurance, some 25 miles away when the call went out, closed in at top speed to act as on-scene commander.
German champions along with young talented riders jumped, piaffed, went across country, drove carriages, vaulted, reined or went endurance riding to the joyful rhythm of music.
She was capable of remarkable feats of endurance.
Endurance could provide insight into the environmental history of the area, but there are risks.
He is wiry, bearded, a life-long mountaineer, skier and runner and one of Scotland's leading endurance riders.
She was pushed beyond her powers of endurance .
Not merely daring and endurance but better still temper, self-restraint, fairness, honour, unenvying approbation of another's success and all that give and take of life which stands a man in good stead when he goes forth into the world. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
Then it was rather a trial of strength and endurance than an exhibition of skill.
The discipline of the school was hard, not with the healthy and natural hardships of life in the open air, but with an artificial Spartanism, for it was the time when the Germans, who had suddenly awoke to feelings of patriotism and a love of war to which they had long been strangers, under the influence of a few writers, were throwing all their energies into the cultivation of physical endurance. Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire
It had recently withdrawn the ice-breaker Endurance, generally taken as a clear sign of retreat.
Sally wasn’t the person Mariah would have picked for her daughter’s friend, but watching Lindsay apply the Thomas theorem, matching an opponent’s wit and endurance often resulted in a desired friendship, was ethnomethodology, a theory Mariah respected, because instead of accepting a perceived reality as already being out there, it showed that you could create and live your own reality. The Owl and Moon Cafe
When beginning and finish the experiment, the indexes of the speed, power, endurance, cardio-respiratory function of players in each group were tested.
This arrangement presents few problems in technique, tessitura, rhythm, ensemble or endurance.
She was pushed beyond her powers of endurance .
We're still improving a lot but we have a long way to go with the endurance of the tyre.
As an 18-year-old, they take you to the limit of your endurance.
He is immortal 6, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible 7voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion 8and sacrifice9 and endurance.
Society can hope for nothing but evil from the man she forcibly unsexes; but if he must be kept in durance vile for the whole of his life there is little need for such an operation. The Fertility of the Unfit
He was unlike other, bigger sluggers since he had more endurance and appeared to be more elusive.
The cattle were bred for endurance, the method deemed best for inducing marbling.
The Predator is a medium-altitude, long-endurance reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition system that carries two Hellfire missiles.
Sprint races take that real tough endurance element out. Times, Sunday Times
Should he clinch victory today, he would leapfrog the Belgian as the most successful driver in the world's most famous endurance race with seven wins.
Long distance runners need great endurance.
Junk foods decrease total body vitality in both immediate strength and endurance.
One top gamer in his twenties had a physique similar to an endurance athlete. The Sun
The breed is also noted for its endurance ability, and its exceptional disposition.
Most were young, hardy, physically fit, courageous, fearless, bold, endowed with fortitude and endurance, and ever ready for a fight.
His cunning, speed, condition, and endurance can tax the physique and patience of his pursuers to the utmost.
The riders all are life-long equestrians with from 12-30 years in endurance competitions.
It sounded like a feat of endurance for the audience - let alone a man who turned 89 this month. The Sun
Swimming a little further each session will build endurance.
Martina ran strongly to finish with silver and Sinead displayed great endurance as she battled to finish in sixth position.
Had we lived, I should have a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman," Scott wrote in his diary, words that have become a touchstone for generations of Brits. Polar Exploration for Armchair Travelers
Alongside her on the top deck of the Antarctic survey ship HMS Endurance, stood the Duke of Edinburgh in the uniform of Admiral of the Fleet, encrusted with gold braid.
Then, as if he had tormented himself beyond endurance, Luke ripped it clear, down past her waist and beyond.
Soon new records will be set and new tests of endurance undergone.
You probably avoid endurance activity such as running and cycling because it is tough and leaves you breathless. Times, Sunday Times
Without well - developed anaerobic endurance a rider would quickly fatigue as lactate accumulates.
Ultimately the therapist's aim is to achieve a supple musculature allowing the horse to work in comfort and balance, whether that be in racing, showjumping, eventing, endurance riding, polo or dressage.
Ships were encased in the ice for years at a time, and in the dark winter months the crews displayed an endurance almost beyond belief. The Times Literary Supplement
Dominating U.S. military UAV procurement in 2009 will be the Global Hawk high-altitude, high-endurance UAV, and the Predator reconnaissance and attack UAV.
He is immortal 6, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible 7voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion 8and sacrifice9 and endurance.
To be a nurse calls for endurance and patience.
Adoption offers a real alternative so that childhood, for many abused and neglected children, will become more than a test of endurance.
We've seen ordinary men testing their endurance under the rigours of SAS training.
What results is a test confidence and endurance, regardless of how much disposable income she has.
What should have been a fond farewell turned into an endurance test. Times, Sunday Times
This was a mongrel breed incorporating strains of Labrador, Greyhound, anything that could advance the genes of endurance and pulling power.
The advantages of the stumpy standup rods and harness is that playing of a heavyweight fish becomes a real contest of endurance and technique, rather than muscularity and brute strength.
This is a good conditioning workout with simple exercises for anyone who likes endurance sports. The Sun
Extra endorphins would help endurance athletes to hurdle the pain barrier. Times, Sunday Times
An athlete with tremendous endurance and power, he was drawn to sports that suited his size and muscularity, including shot put and discus, powerlifting, and even bodybuilding.
Developmentally early induction often yields no clones at all, suggesting that the small clones depend on perdurance of wild-type gene product from the heterozygous clone precursor cell.
Fat not only abates hunger and satiates, but also is an important endurance exercise fuel.
Cadet training teaches obedience, endurance and builds self-confidence. Times, Sunday Times
He is being put through a vigorous physical fitness programme which includes stamina, endurance running, and weight training.
The Endurance has two zippered compartments, a large one with padding next to your back, and a smaller one next to it.
Jamie was particularly incensed that his attention was drawn from a beautifully lean and perfectly cooked fillet of beef by lumpen, doughy and oversized foie gras ravioli that needed considerable endurance for him to dispatch.
Their endurance of hardship was something the German soldier, himself no weakling, found a perennial miracle. IN LOVE AND WAR
The strength of a muscle is measured by the utmost force which it can exert _once_; its endurance by the number of times it can repeat a given exertion _well within its strength_. How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science
The task requires extraordinary patience and endurance.
The commonly traveled path to improved cardiovascular function and increased muscular endurance is continuous, submaximal, steady state training.
Fine mechanical clockwork components allude to timing and precision; the shells or fossils also refer to time, and the format suggests balance and endurance.
It won't be the first time the keen sportsman has pushed the boundaries of human endurance to the limit in the name of charity.
The pain was bad beyond endurance.
I suggest including resistance and endurance exercise in your fitness regime to boost your metabolism. The Sun
Smarter training can be a great equalizer, allowing those with modest natural endurance or training time to beat those with more aerobic capacity, but less economical strokes or race plans.
It could be argued, however, that the lack of embryonic or larval phenotypes could be due to a long-lasting perdurance of maternal deposits during oogenesis.
This combination of digital footage, brave and honest narration from the two climbers and stunning cinematography, is an excellent production which tells an unforgettable story of extreme endurance.
However, the increase in endurance and strength in the multiple set group was just 2% from the group performing single sets but in triple the time!
He is immortal 6, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible 7voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion 8and sacrifice9 and endurance.
A study by O'Donnell et al examined the changes in isometric muscle strength and endurance of the quadriceps muscle and handgrip after a 6-week endurance training program.
This is a Tour de France type of drug, this is endurance marathoners, 3,000 metres steeplechase runners type of drug.
Coaches put him on the ergometer, a rowing machine that tests endurance by bringing arm and leg muscles to exhaustion. Britain Schemes
For sheer brutish power and endurance the bluefin had no equals among the big-game fish. AMAGANSETT
The astronauts will undergo a series of trials to test their physical and mental endurance in space.
I have suffered to the limit of my endurance, but I will never in my sane senses surrender to the evil power that has fixed its roots like a cancer on the world.
The Christian concept of passive heroism places a high value on endurance, which in Shakespeare's ethic is cognate with constancy and hence with truth.
The aim is to push an individual to the limit of human endurance. Times, Sunday Times
I selected the better, an Africander stallion of the blaauw-schimmel, or blue-roan type, which is famous for speed and endurance. Prester John
Not only are you willing to let a guilty terrorist sit in durance vile with no assurance that her commission would ever convene, you stated baldly that the only reason to convene such a commission would be to render a death sentence. Balkinization
Since the beast was invincible by arrow or club the contest was a test of physical strength and endurance.
As with strength of grip, so with endurance as measured by the ergograph; boys surpass girls at all ages, and this differentiation becomes very marked after the age of fourteen, after which age girls increase in strength and endurance but very slightly, while after fourteen boys acquire almost exactly half of the total power in these two features which they acquire in the first twenty years of life. Civics and Health
Kumble displayed endurance, skill and enthusiasm in equal measure to pick up seven wickets on a day where he had to bowl 35.3 overs in torrid conditions.
Sprint work helps to improve speed, and longer runs build endurance. Times, Sunday Times
The boy seeks out the spirit and asks it how he can become a real bear, to which the spirit replies that he must pass three tests of great strength, endurance and solitude.
She gets hers for endurance, persistence and sheer desire. Times, Sunday Times
Lastly, the law of the long endurance of allied forms on the same continent, -- of marsupials in Australia, of edentata in America, and other such cases, -- is intelligible, for within a confined country, the recent and the extinct will naturally be allied by descent. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
The first alternative is hard, but the second too grievous for impaired powers of endurance; I must therefore find what expression I may, and tell you how my life has been beshrewed ever since, a boy of twelve, I first incurred the obloquy of being shy. Apologia Diffidentis
You probably avoid endurance activity such as running and cycling because it is tough and leaves you breathless. Times, Sunday Times
Unlike free running and other kinds of endurance sports, zorbing does not require any level of skill or fitness, only the ability to keep down your food!
It'll take a while but any difficulty will be in testing our endurance.
What results is a test confidence and endurance, regardless of how much disposable income she has.
Sprint races take that real tough endurance element out. Times, Sunday Times
You lose a large amount of fluid from the body as sweat during endurance events.
That would make all her years of stoic endurance in her homeland seem meaningless. Times, Sunday Times
Endurance and softness are mentioned in connection with courage and cowardice in order to distinguish them.
It was a while before the children realized that these two marines, laden with arms to the limit of physical endurance, were not going to hurt them.
The endurance exercise component of rehabilitation emphasizes exercise on both the treadmill and the cycle ergometer, and with adequate oxygen saturation via supplemental oxygen.
Though in splendid physical trim, a thirty-six-hour trick at the wheel was the limit of my endurance. Chapter 39
These are two very driven divers and they are clearly out to test themselves and the limits of human endurance. Times, Sunday Times
Stamina and endurance were his to an extreme degree, and they were the virgin stamina and endurance of Youth. A PIECE OF STEAK
A football match is not a sprint and is, more often than not, a test of endurance.
I can see the intellectual appeal of it as an exploration of endurance, but three things get in the way of full appreciation.
As Murk languishes in durance vile, someone decides to change the game. 19 « October « 2009 « Maria Lectrix
Even those who enjoyed the light breeziness of the first movie will likely find this too much of an endurance contest.
Since the rotators are endurance muscles, they require more repetitions to build strength.
Most of us with children can understand the frustration of a parent, driven beyond endurance, who hits out.
As to the micro-damage, this is often marked enough to see in electron micrographs of endurance runners' leg muscles, and might prove even more severe after strenuous climbs.
The rally will be a real test of endurance, stamina and navigational skills.
He has spent the winter in a strength program in an effort to add muscle and increase his endurance.
He knows his experience is not comparable to Shackleton's feat of endurance.
Strength and endurance of handgrip were tested in 9 hypogonadal and 10 eugonadal patients.
Cocaine is an alkaloid which is contained in the Erythroxylon coca which grows in the Andes mountains of Peru and Bolivia 1000 to 3000 m. above sea level. 1 The first use of cocaine in history was by the Peruvian Indians in the 6th century who chewed on the coca leaves for the sense of wellness and endurance which it produced and who believed it to be a part of the Inca religion. 2 Cocaine Toxicity
He is extraordinarily gifted from a physical point of view in his endurance and aerobic capacity. Times, Sunday Times
There is just as much of a distinction in wheelchair racing between sprinters relying on explosive power and the tactical acumen and endurance needed by middle-distance specialists. Times, Sunday Times
The white snake"s tragedy is caused by feudal Confucianism durance, little townsman"s character defects and self ethical consciousness.
The four-footed furry creature, symbolising endurance, beauty, peace and hope, sits in fourth position on the Chinese calendar.
To observe the effect of Pueraria lobata flavone on endurance exercised rat's convalescent liver glycogen and muscle glycogen.
Mr. Joachim is an endurance champion whose records include television viewing (69 hours, 48 minutes), dancing (100 hours), radio dj-ing (120 hours), and ironing (55 hours, 5 minutes), among other disciplines. 57 Movies in 123 Hours | /Film
The prospector is a man of small pretensions, of peaceful disposition, indomitable will, boundless perseverance, remarkable endurance, undoubted courage, irrepressible hopefulness, and unlimited hospitality He is the friend of every man till he has evidence that the man is his enemy, and he is the most respected man in the mining regions of the West. The California Birthday Book
Is it the same as stoical endurance? Times, Sunday Times
Sure, it was an exhausting test of fitness, mettle and endurance, but it was followed by a well-deserved rave-up. Times, Sunday Times
The descriptions are "high-falutin" beyond all endurance, and there is particularly noticeable a kind of stylistic foppery, which is always hovering between sublimity and a giggle. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters
Last night he explained why they were now embarking on this new feat of endurance. Times, Sunday Times
Long runs are not advised, as these require more endurance than stamina.
The acerbic Australian, equally at home dissecting serious cultural issues and Japanese endurance game shows, will be reading from his new collection of essays and dispensing bons mots, acid witticisms and Antipodean insights.
Chris Patten deserves an award for endurance as well as resilience in the face of adversity.
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. Alfred Hitchcock
Then there will be a real state funeral, familiar nostalgia, more eulogies to praise duty and endurance.
In fact, he usually finished last in training camp endurance and strength tests.
Her endurance and mental strength are amazing. Times, Sunday Times
Grant continues: It was a case of Southern dash against Northern pluck and endurance....
Lastly, the law of the long endurance of allied forms on the same continent, -- of marsupials in Australia, of edentata in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition)
The quintessential ultramarathoner, Karnazes takes exquisite joy from the fundamental act of the sport he describes as the zenith of endurance.
The party turned out to be more of an endurance test than a pleasure.
It takes much more physical skill, strength and endurance than you give it credit for (a tad more than shuffleboard, bocce or marbles).
Anthony Devlin-Pool/Getty Images Camilla, duchess of Cornwall, visited the 'Marwari' horses, known for their endurance, in Jodhpur, India, Tuesday. Prince Charles' Visit to India
At the top left is us, and top right is Homo erectus; despite the smaller brainpan, H. erectus has virtually all of the features for endurance running that we have.
The astronauts will undergo a series of trials to test their physical and mental endurance in space.
He showed remarkable endurance throughout his illness.
The 33rd annual "Battle of the Brains" competition, also known as the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), challenges three-person teams to use their programming skills and mental endurance to solve complex, real-world problems in five hours. UC San Diego - Videos
Others have used the endurance of fish swimming steadily at a given speed in a flume or a gantry tank to measure maximum sustainable swimming performance.
He was known for his strength and endurance and for using his multiple skills, including a rare double-handed backhand and a killer topspin, to manage a match with ground strokes in long rallies. Game, Set, Unmatched
I also felt pain, and to avoid its endurance for me, I openly and avowedly burdened others with double, treble, centuple its amount. Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times
Like a stage of a bike race, it is a test of endurance and, ultimately, speed.
John Bul Dau explores territory few can imagine — the depths of inhumanity and the boundaries of endurance.
I'm afraid I disagree: the threat of putting Paadilla back in durance vile hangs over any plea bargain, so the case is very much live. Is That Legal?: Pulling the Plug on Padilla
Pulling out a stopwatch and trying your skills is fun but will also test your endurance and physical fitness.
A followup statement clarified that Vice Admiral Jeffrey Fowler believes the Herndon Climb may eventually be supplanted by the Sea Trials program, a 14-hour regimen of physical and mental endurance tests including "hill assault," a two-mile regimental run, simulated bridge defense and demolition, pull-ups and something called "pugil stick jousting," This year's Sea Trials is set for Tuesday. USNA reconsiders Herndon Climb
What is thrust in the foreground are family values, political ideology, and the endurance of the human spirit.
The CD pushes the listener to the limit of endurance, virtually begs you dismiss it as a depressing case of style over substance, then suddenly reveals hidden depths.
the fabulous endurance of a marathon runner
What is it with comics and unlikely feats of endurance? Times, Sunday Times
With the emergence of the first decent wind of the week, this was links golf at its best, challenging the mental and physical endurance of all concerned.
Some are small diameter, well vascularized, relatively slow fibers that are optimized for endurance; they can keep contracting over and over again for long periods of time. α-actinin evolution in humans - The Panda's Thumb
As our power of resistance has got exhausted, we have shun our frustration, and learnt the enviable and saintly art of satisfaction, stoicism and endurance.
The cadets were tested mentally and physically in various exercises and challenges designed to test their physical and mental endurance such as rappelling, land navigation, leadership course, rafting, water survival and other events. Tennessean.com Williamson - Fairview
The first stage of the training sessions was continuous endurance training on a bicycle ergometer.
The foot-race was the oldest of the Greek institutions, and in the first of the Olympiads the "dromos," a course of about 200 yards, was the only contest; but gradually the "dialos," in which the course was double that of the dromos, was introduced, and, finally, tests of endurance as well as speed were instituted in the long-distance races and the contests of racing in heavy armor, which were so highly commended by Plato as preparation for the arduous duties of a soldier. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
This is a very active dog, lively and built for endurance.
The thing about being an endurance athlete, especially a cyclist, is they keep ticking at their best until their mid - to late 30s, he said. David Millar hopes for redemption medal in Commonwealth TT
The rally will be a real test of endurance, stamina and navigational skills.
The consistent form of Kenyan endurance athletes has caused competitors from other nations to despair. Times, Sunday Times
Carbohydrate is the primary energy source used by the body during distance / endurance events.
However, when the Endurance was crushed the event was so unexpected and sudden that his entire stock of negatives was in immediate danger of sinking to the bottom of the Weddell Sea, to be lost forever.
to the last measure of human endurance
The exercise obviously will improve strength and endurance.
If our "hope" of glory is so assured that it is a rejoicing hope, we shall find the spirit of "endurance in tribulation" natural and easy; but since it is "prayer" which strengthens the faith that begets hope and lifts it up into an assured and joyful expectancy, and since our patience in tribulation is fed by this, it will be seen that all depends on our "perseverance in prayer. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The pair have been in training for the marathon endurance test since October.
Now the king had a brother, whom he had imprisoned in that pit of old time, and he had died there; but the folk of the realm deemed him still alive, and when his durance grew long, the courtiers of the king used to talk of this and of the tyranny of their liege Lord, and the bruit spread abroad that the sovran was a tyrant, so they fell upon him one day and slew him. Arabian nights. English
carbo loading is used by endurance athletes just before competing
The task was a test of their powers of endurance.
She is a solid international competitor, having medaled in three World Endurance Championships.
His body was slimmed down for endurance, but he still had the muscles that bespoke several trips to the gym each week.
While Washington hot spots come and go, Bajaj's endurance 21 years after opening the Bombay Club, the first of his restaurants, derives in part from his ability to be a shape-shifter. Restaurateur Ashok Bajaj: Potentate of the D.C. plate
Other researchers have shown that devoting just minutes a week to high-intensity exercise can improve blood pressure and boost endurance capacity. Times, Sunday Times
The kinesiologists found that the sprinters increased their endurance by an average of 26 minutes.
They would handle that last quarter better if training was designed to improve their endurance. Times, Sunday Times
The Adventure Show focuses on fanatics who get their kicks out of non-traditional sports with an emphasis on extremes and endurance.
Beth now competes in endurance competition rides of up to 44 kilometres.

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