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.
• That’s low light, and a few plants tolerate it—but none thrive in it.
  — Alicia Andrzejewski, Outside Online, 15 Apr. 2022
• But that’s the kind of thing that Joe Biden and Democrats are tolerating.
  — ABC News, 5 May 2024
• These were tough guys who worked hard and didn’t tolerate fools.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 25 Nov. 2021
• 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
• And yet most readers wouldn't tolerate a snail-like pace in a book.
  — CBS News, 15 Dec. 2021
• Young children should not be left alone, and the youngest can’t tolerate masks.
  — Liz Szabo, NBC News, 17 May 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• That’s good news for those who do not tolerate caffeine well.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 23 Sep. 2021
• If your body tolerates the product well, increase the usage to one to two times per week.
  — Tatiana Velasco, Good Housekeeping, 27 July 2023
• Make sure the pot has drainage holes, too, because amaryllis will not tolerate wet feet.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 15 Oct. 2021
• 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
• Plants tolerate a range of soils and are unbothered by rabbits or deer.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
• Native ginger, bottlebrush buckeye, and Solomon's seal are three plants that tolerate dry shade.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025