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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On the other side of the coin, men with a more oily scalp may only be able to tolerate it once a week.
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Cristina Montemayor,
Men's Health,
18 Aug. 2023
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The trait has been found to help cattle tolerate hot weather.
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WIRED,
17 Oct. 2023
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How much fog, rain or solar glare can a drone tolerate?
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Steve Nadis,
Quanta Magazine,
16 Jan. 2024
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If your body tolerates the product well, increase the usage to one to two times per week.
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Tatiana Velasco,
Good Housekeeping,
27 July 2023
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Most sharks can only tolerate saltwater, but this one is at home in rivers as well as the ocean.
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Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
21 Feb. 2024
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Viking said the drug was well tolerated by participants in the study.
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Robert Hart,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2024
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The Air Force can’t tolerate any delays in its replacement plan.
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Loren Thompson,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2023
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Some plants, such as a ZZ plant or a snake plant, tolerate low light and happily hang out in darker corners.
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Gina Mayfield,
Dallas News,
20 Mar. 2023
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While the Kolb brothers were allowed to live in their home on the edge of the South Rim, Havasupai people were barely tolerated.
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Debra Utacia Krol,
The Arizona Republic,
9 Aug. 2023
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Even calls for greater democracy were tolerated – at least, for a time.
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Chris Lau,
CNN,
3 Nov. 2023
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There’s 20 dirty hands, for what was allowed, tolerated in the fricking training rooms, the meeting rooms.
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Ryan Ford,
Detroit Free Press,
9 Sep. 2023
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No country, no country can be expected to tolerate this, to live with this.
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CBS News,
22 Oct. 2023
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In the music video, Aldean touts how small towns wouldn't tolerate the kind of riots and lawlessness many cities across the country faced during the summer of 2020.
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Kristine Parks,
Fox News,
19 July 2023
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In this case, sadly, that idiot was front, center, and tolerated for far too long.
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George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Oct. 2023
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Most of the omnipresent chains that clutter Britain’s dwindling high streets are tolerated at best, or maligned at worst.
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Rory Smith,
New York Times,
30 Dec. 2023
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Pumpkins can tolerate frost, but a freeze will quickly weaken the rind and shorten storage life.
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Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Aug. 2023
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This hardy tree also tolerates wind, drought, and air pollution quite well.
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Arricca Elin Sansone,
House Beautiful,
25 July 2023
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Plus, these plants can handle an end-of-season repotting well and tolerate full sun.
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Marianne Willburn,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Sep. 2023
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Chimps don’t tolerate strangers, Muthukrishna says, and even young children are a lot more generous than a chimp.
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Bob Holmes,
Discover Magazine,
14 Apr. 2023
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Check for kittens in the area, and if kittens are there, then consider tolerating them for a few weeks until the kittens are large enough to leave the area with their mother.
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Ellie Willard,
The Arizona Republic,
8 Mar. 2023
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This is what Jean is willing to bear by inexplicably remaining in the place of her birth, and what Leah cannot tolerate.
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Kristen Martin,
The New Republic,
14 Apr. 2023
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This is called blackmail, and blackmail should not be tolerated.
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Joel Gehrke,
Washington Examiner,
18 July 2023
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But most redbud trees do best with consistent moisture and do not tolerate drought.
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Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
23 Jan. 2023
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