How to Use tolerate in a Sentence
tolerate
verb- I can't tolerate that noise.
- These plants tolerate drought well.
- How can you tolerate such laziness?
- I don't like my boss, but I tolerate him.
- Our teacher will not tolerate bad grammar.
- Racist or sexist behavior will not be tolerated.
- The government cannot tolerate lawlessness.
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But that’s the kind of thing that Joe Biden and Democrats are tolerating.
— ABC News, 5 May 2024 -
On the other side of the coin, men with a more oily scalp may only be able to tolerate it once a week.
— Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 18 Aug. 2023 -
Cyrano cannot tolerate the actor’s butchering of the text and drives him off the stage with his sword.
— Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024 -
Even people who hate cilantro may be able to learn to at least tolerate it, if not like it.
— Terry Ward, CNN, 19 Oct. 2022 -
The trait has been found to help cattle tolerate hot weather.
— WIRED, 17 Oct. 2023 -
How much fog, rain or solar glare can a drone tolerate?
— Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024 -
Steve Lacy will not tolerate having things thrown at him on stage.
— Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2022 -
If your body tolerates the product well, increase the usage to one to two times per week.
— Tatiana Velasco, Good Housekeeping, 27 July 2023 -
Most sharks can only tolerate saltwater, but this one is at home in rivers as well as the ocean.
— Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024 -
When prices are known upfront, no consumer will tolerate paying 10 times more than the patient in the bed next to them for the same care.
— Cynthia A. Fisher, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2022 -
Standing on the launchpad, parts of the rocket can tolerate sustained winds up to 74 knots.
— WIRED, 16 Nov. 2022 -
The Canfield Fair said in a statement Sunday that the board would not tolerate such conduct.
— Fox News, 6 Sep. 2022 -
The venue will tolerate a good deal of cliche and corniness and obviousness.
— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2022 -
Viking said the drug was well tolerated by participants in the study.
— Robert Hart, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 -
August is the month that separates the people who love the summer months from those who tolerate them.
— Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2022 -
Some of the changes seemed likely to affect the body’s ability to tolerate glucose.
— Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 17 Jan. 2023 -
The Air Force can’t tolerate any delays in its replacement plan.
— Loren Thompson, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023 -
Some plants, such as a ZZ plant or a snake plant, tolerate low light and happily hang out in darker corners.
— Gina Mayfield, Dallas News, 20 Mar. 2023 -
Their mission is full of adventure and mishaps, as this mismatched duo try to tolerate each other long enough to get the job done.
— Travis Bean, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022 -
That may be more than Mr. Xi can tolerate, in which case more economic trouble lies ahead.
— The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2022 -
It is well tolerated by most and yet provides a potent dose of retinol at 1 percent.
— Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024 -
Unable to swallow normal food, the tube feeding that should have sustained me didn’t work because my gut couldn’t tolerate any of the multiple brands of protein drinks.
— Becca Longmire, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024 -
Follow the instructions on its care tag, using the hottest water temperature the fabric can tolerate.
— Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2024
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