1. past tense and past participle of enure; to accustom or harden someone to something unpleasant through repeated exposure
Usage: Also spelled 'inured'; 'enured' is less common in modern usage but remains standard; Usually followed by 'to'

Examples

• After years of working in the emergency room, she had become enured to the sight of blood.
• The soldiers were enured to harsh conditions through rigorous training.
• He grew enured to criticism after publishing his first controversial book.
• Living in a noisy city had enured her to constant traffic sounds.
• The workers became enured to the cold temperatures in the warehouse.