How to Use tolerance in a Sentence

tolerance

noun

• The plants have a high tolerance for heat.
• Some patients gradually develop a tolerance for the drug and need to be given a larger dose.
• Some patients develop greater tolerance for the drug's effects.
• The exact amount of hot sauce will depend on the type of hot sauce and your spicy tolerance.
  — Lauren Corona, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2021
• There is no other country in the world with the mixing of races and tolerance.
  — Dominick Mastrangelo, Washington Examiner, 22 June 2020
• The higher the dollar amount the less tolerance there is for bad stretches or off nights.
  — Scott Bordow, azcentral, 9 July 2018
• The yeast in ales has a higher tolerance for alcohol than the yeast used in lagers.
  — Mahita Gajanan, Time, 7 Apr. 2018
• Users built up a tolerance to the drugs and needed more and more to dull their pain — or achieve their high.
  — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 1 Feb. 2023
• That’s why, in the best of times, tolerance for risky vaccines is very low.
  — oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2021
• The first step is to raise your tolerance to insect and disease damage.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 24 May 2018
• Just keep in mind that people vary in their tolerance to caffeine.
  — Lisa Drayer, CNN, 16 Apr. 2020
• These young trees have all been propagated from the shoots of trees that showed some signs of tolerance.
  — Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2020
• The district has no tolerance for adults who harm or fail to protect students.
  — Essence, 14 June 2019
• There has to be zero tolerance of any such behavior in any walk of life.
  — Yohana Desta, vanityfair.com, 11 Oct. 2017
• Have zero tolerance for any thoughts or mindset that does not serve you.
  — Dr. Richard Osibanjo, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
• The use of racial slurs quickly surged in an apparent test of his tolerance level.
  — Alexandra Olson and Maryclaire Dale, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Nov. 2022
• Heat tolerance, though, isn’t the only thing corals need.
  — Nicola Jones, Wired, 6 Nov. 2021
• Research has found that young adults tend to have a higher pain tolerance than older adults.
  — Cory Martin, Health, 23 Aug. 2023
• To be sure, a tolerance for some motor noise is required with most e-bikes.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 8 Aug. 2019
• Take pride in your tolerance of those who hold different views.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2021
• Readers have also evolved in their tastes and, frankly, in their tolerance for adult themes.
  — Denise Davidson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 May 2018
• Each company that uses the score sets its own risk tolerance.
  — Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, 14 Dec. 2019
• So my tolerance for some of the intertwining plots may be higher than yours.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2021
• Church leadership has no tolerance for any type of abuse and is meeting tonight to discuss next steps.
  — Fox News, 24 Sep. 2021
• Arroyo chubs are chunky diminutive fish with a greater tolerance for warm water.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2019
• There is, to be frank, far too much tolerance of extremism in our country.
  — NBC News, 4 June 2017
• Kava has a reverse tolerance, so first-timers need to drink more to feel its effects.
  — Rachelle Robinett, Bon Appetit, 3 Apr. 2017
• As always, the answer depends on your tolerance for risk.
  — chicagotribune.com, 1 Feb. 2022
• Now, the public has no tolerance for trying it again, even as cases rise.
  — Fortune, 1 Sep. 2020
• Vitex is not eaten by the deer and is pest-free with excellent drought tolerance.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 14 June 2019

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024