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noun

endurance

CEFR B2

the power to withstand hardship or stress

In a sentence

Six example sentences with endurance, each labelled with its topic.

  • Her endurance surprised everyone at the finish, since she had trained through winter on an old bicycle and a treadmill.

    Fitness

  • The polar party's endurance became legendary once the diaries were published, describing eleven weeks on half rations.

    History

  • Engineers test the battery's endurance by cycling it through freezing nights and desert afternoons for eighteen months straight.

    Technology

  • Her endurance in the fourth quarter decided the series, when everyone else was bent over gripping their shorts.

    Basketball

  • Researchers measured mental endurance with a boring task, timing how long volunteers kept going before quitting.

    Psychology

  • A Wagner opera tests the endurance of singers and audience alike, running past five hours with two intervals.

    Music

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