One word

Inure

Word of the day on 09 April 2010.

Winning tweet

77
Points
ultracutebot
i'd wait forever for you but could never inure myself to your absence in the meantime...

Good uses

  • SJHatzi
    71
    Points
    Never shall I become inure to hardship - IT shall become inured to me: I'll master it.
  • harrarp
    71
    Points
    So inure after a good night's sleep on my bed of nails. I believe I need a shower of hammers now.
  • yearning4d_sky
    70
    Points
    Earth monsoon drenched ~ to inure herself from pain ~ grows a cover green #haiku #artwiculate
  • catmar604
    67
    Points
    Inure a battle of wits, what simmers & boils ~Lay down your words, your weapons & toils ~For to the victor, go the spoils
  • JonPowles
    65
    Points
    Sick, longing, nothing can cure me ~ I yearn, I burn, my love is true ~ your words, my soul, naught can inure me ~ from you.
  • TiddK
    61
    Points
    Nothing can inure me to the slow physical erosion caused by disease; but so long as my mind & heart stay whole, I WILL survive
  • lithiumzombie
    60
    Points
    remnants of our love / fall out of my broken heart / inure to ruins #haiku #artwiculate
  • navinsasikumar
    55
    Points
    Who is the most inure ~d of the Artwiculati? Max, because he's a hardened pro
  • tama001
    55
    Points
    on glorious sunny day / to inure the Sakura buds to warmth / slowly signal the start of norland spring. #haiku #senryu #artwiculate
  • lagadu123
    54
    Points
    This hospital is full of children inure d to the daily dose of disrespect dished up with their treatment.
  • Wifsie
    54
    Points
    I come alive in the dead of night. Inure -d to the shadows that speak, I follow the voices that dance in the dark. #artwiculate
  • coinopratdchris
    52
    Points
    Never inure d to Gotham's horrors, the Batman wages a one man war on crime every day.
  • dsceiorg
    52
    Points
    Slings and arrows / to those threats I am inured / your scorn still scars me #artwiculate inure #haiku
  • smeedha
    50
    Points
    "Get used to the hard work," the boss threatened. "Inure dreams" she thought
  • dmriver
    50
    Points
    Typical, me beams are chewed and I forgot to pay the inure ants policy.
  • baccatum
    50
    Points
    Having older sisters will inure you to taunts. Toughen you up. Schoolyard boys play with duller claws...
  • kado56
    47
    Points
    A kite on a string ~joyous wind cannot inure ~ against the heart tug #senryu
  • tWordBird
    47
    Points
    I cannot inure myself to 'inure' ~ For, as WOTD, it won't endure! #micropoetry #artwiculate
  • TheSupercargo
    46
    Points
    Oh Artwiculate! With words like these I must inure myself to a place outside the top 50.
  • LBY3
    46
    Points
    @artwiculate That to which life does not inure we must simply endure.
  • marcosarroyos
    46
    Points
    Do you think you could inure yourself to waking up as a cockroach? Well, neither could Gregor.
  • MaxRaunchiness
    46
    Points
    Knockout enters bar / All the men ogle and drool / Inure-d to it all #maxku
  • ajeanne
    45
    Points
    Trying to inure myself to using a word that is most often used in a whole different form. Besides, it just sounds pretentious.
  • mazpow
    45
    Points
    As a teacher I cannot allow myself to become inure d to the disengagement or hostility of unhappy children. It's my spur to do better.
  • emmaexpress
    45
    Points
    Inure is word of the day at #artwiculate today. Get used to it.
  • celticgladiator
    45
    Points
    The longing for you, the waiting alone. I become Inure to you're not coming home.
  • asim7asim
    45
    Points
    Your solvent eyes ~ pampered my longings ~ to inure my love #artwiculate
  • OddlyStarry
    44
    Points
    Not inure: After all these years, I still hate transporters. A person's atoms shouldn't be scattered around through space! #whoami
  • bwlightning
    43
    Points
    Sorry, but I have to get this out: inure - close enough rhyme to manure & rearranged into urine. Now where's that electric fence?
  • Anamuk
    40
    Points
    With each tweet I gradually inure myself to artwiculate's foibles
  • agezoko
    40
    Points
    He loves her, inure himself. It is very selfish! #artwiculate
  • Ysabeluna
    40
    Points
    i'll never be inure d ~ though loved & lost, heart injured ~ your love had me cured #haiku #poetry
  • MaryJenkins
    40
    Points
    Inure me to your rejection; still I desire affection. My heart requires protection but yearns to bask in love's perfection. #artwiculate
  • gBaYgUrL
    40
    Points
    Does a cow become inure to its own manure?
  • MaltaGoddess
    39
    Points
    Inure me to ecstasy - I want to drown in bliss.
  • osmarjardim
    39
    Points
    Inure is a brain kidney stone. It aches.
  • DaveCurry
    39
    Points
    Dear Facebook, We feel obliged to connect with long lost friends we never cared for, must we inure their Farmville alerts too?
  • Krafti_kit
    38
    Points
    In this episode: Our heroine, SuperSilia ensures that #artwiculate does not become inure to inertia while lounging @SalonArtwois
  • minibtweet
    37
    Points
    My dad was inure to the meals he had to eat whilst I learned to cook! I think he is thankful I have grown up & meals are now to his liking
  • BurningHawk1969
    37
    Points
    Dreams must inure me / Against today's small scourges; whispers from next door. #haiku #artwiculate
  • urbanascetic
    37
    Points
    Life certain, death certain, living possibility / Accept, abjure, inure choose your poison #sixwords # poetry #artwiculate
  • sobincorporated
    37
    Points
    to inure oneself to criticism is to limit opportunities for improvement. #deepthoughts
  • Fatal_Romantic
    36
    Points
    Inure? Rhymes with manure?
  • ale_bundy
    36
    Points
    not sure i wanna know, but here`s a penny for the thoughts inure head. #artwiculate
  • seglias
    36
    Points
    She wanted to inure herself to hunger by not eating. By the time she finally got hardened she died. #artwiculate
  • routermonkey
    33
    Points
    The path across Bob's beach house property may inure to the benefit of Jim, but Bob owns a shotgun... #artwiculate

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