almost bearable

Frequency: 7.09.5 per million words

Indicates that a situation is very close to being tolerable, but not quite.

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Examples (10)

  • The heat was intense, but the gentle breeze made it almost bearable.
  • With the painkillers, the chronic back pain became almost bearable.
  • The constant drilling from next door was almost bearable with my noise-cancelling headphones on.
  • His apology made the awkward silence between them almost bearable.
  • The long commute is almost bearable when I have a good podcast to listen to.
  • After a few weeks of adjustment, the heavy workload felt almost bearable.
  • Sharing the grief with her family made the loss almost bearable.
  • The bland hospital food was almost bearable when I thought about going home soon.
  • He found the high altitude almost bearable after a few days of acclimatization.
  • Her presence in the otherwise dull meeting made it almost bearable.