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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That’s low light, and a few plants tolerate it—but none thrive in it.
—Alicia Andrzejewski, Outside Online, 15 Apr. 2022
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But that’s the kind of thing that Joe Biden and Democrats are tolerating.
—ABC News, 5 May 2024
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Most deer can't tolerate the smell of these things and will stay away from any crops that have been sprayed.
—Angela Watson, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2021
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These were tough guys who worked hard and didn’t tolerate fools.
—Terry Pluto, cleveland, 25 Nov. 2021
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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
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And yet most readers wouldn't tolerate a snail-like pace in a book.
—CBS News, 15 Dec. 2021
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Young children should not be left alone, and the youngest can’t tolerate masks.
—Liz Szabo, NBC News, 17 May 2022
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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
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Many cats that don’t tolerate much petting are still thrilled to sit in your lap and snooze.
—Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Apr. 2021
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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
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The trait has been found to help cattle tolerate hot weather.
—WIRED, 17 Oct. 2023
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In such a scenario, the party would have to tolerate the loss of some of its traditional seats in the south.
—New York Times, 7 June 2022
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These breeds have a tendency to hunt, chase, and herd, which some cats might find hard to tolerate.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
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The video brought down the wrath of fans and professional athletes on Mayfield, and the Browns weren’t about to tolerate it.
—cleveland, 9 Nov. 2021
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That’s stress on older trees — or on any tree, but older ones can’t tolerate it the way younger trees can.
—Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2021
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How much fog, rain or solar glare can a drone tolerate?
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
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Steve Lacy will not tolerate having things thrown at him on stage.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2022
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This is not someone whom the Kim Wexler at the start of the series would tolerate, let alone recognize.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2022
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That’s good news for those who do not tolerate caffeine well.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 23 Sep. 2021
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If your body tolerates the product well, increase the usage to one to two times per week.
—Tatiana Velasco, Good Housekeeping, 27 July 2023
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Make sure the pot has drainage holes, too, because amaryllis will not tolerate wet feet.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 15 Oct. 2021
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Hosta is easy to grow and tolerates some challenging sites such as heavy shade and nearby black walnut trees.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 July 2025
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But hominins simply cannot tolerate consuming the high levels of protein that large predators can.
—ArsTechnica, 28 July 2025
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