adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
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If only she'd been able to ask him why, perhaps it would have been more bearable .
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Pain control medications may also make symptoms more bearable .
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It made putting her father to bed that bit more bearable .
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A half-hour wait wasn't going to make anything more bearable .
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It's nice to think you can do something to make a patient's stay in hospital more bearable .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His leg hasn't quite healed yet, but pain-killers make it bearable .
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The humidity was lower, making the high temperatures more bearable .
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The only things that made her life bearable were the occasional visits from her grandchildren.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even Emma Thompson was bearable in it.
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If only she'd been able to ask him why, perhaps it would have been more bearable .
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It was relatively bearable out for July.
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It would be better, it might even be bearable , if only he knew what had become of James.
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Not exactly funny, I think, but predictable and almost bearable .
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Rain opened the doors to the garden and fetched cushions so that it was bearable to sit on the scorched chairs.
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The temperature was more than bearable , and in fact in his leather jacket he was far too warm.