How To Use Tolerably In A Sentence

I play the piano tolerably well, though I have no particular talent for it.
He plays the piano tolerably .
After the death, staff at the home became intolerably cruel to her and made her life a living hell.
First came a tolerably good band, a little too drummy, but still not amiss -- well dressed, only the performers being of all colours, from white, down to jet -- black, had a curious hodge -- podge, or piebald appearance. Tom Cringle's Log
The play is tolerably amusing, but it is let down by the actors' weak performances.

At each end of the vessel is a raised deck, forming tolerably commodious quarters for officers and men; and the forecastle is made to carry one or two heavy guns. Her Majesty's Ship Majestic Keeping Watch over the Steam-Rams in the Mersey.
Pictures of an intolerably alluring British woman with a fabulous body were splashed across newspapers around Britain and the world.
The _aggregate result_ in such cases may be tolerably certain, while the _individual cases_ are very much the reverse; and hence human wisdom, proceeding on a well-ascertained body of _statistics_, may construct a scheme for securing some against the evils to which they would otherwise have been liable, by means of the sacrifices of others, who would not have been in fact, although they might have been, for ought they know, liable to the same. Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws
The cries of a dog when beaten often exhibit the same peculiarity; so, too, the puppy, before he has attained skill in barking, will often prolong each utterance in a way which makes its relation to the ancient mode of expression tolerably clear. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization
They were tolerably happy together, as marriages seem to go, a happiness achieved partly by agreeing to differ.
The skeleton of the hand exhibits, in the region which we term the wrist, and which is technically called the 'carpus' -- two rows of closely fitted polygonal bones, four in each row, which are tolerably equal in size. On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals
But the brawny, not yet furibund Figure, we say, is Jacques Danton; a name that shall be 'tolerably known in the The French Revolution
How simple I have been, to allow myself to be taken in by the few clever words she whispered yesterday, as she walked beside me, by a tolerably pretty little phrase embellished as it was by the silence of two o'clock in the morning, and all the wonderful enchantments of night. The French Immortals Series — Complete
The Nabob finding his time after dinner hang somewhat heavy on his hand, and the moon being tolerably bright, had, one harvest evening, sought his usual remedy for dispelling ennui by a walk to the Manse, where he was sure, that, if he could not succeed in engaging the minister himself in some disputation, he would at least find something in the establishment to animadvert upon and to restore to order. Saint Ronan's Well
'I now exulted in our prospect of success in my deliverance: I grew more cheerful, my uncle was tender and affectionate; I bore his caresses without any repulses, but left the room soon as possible I employed myself in packing up a few necessaries in a small portmantua, with what little valuables I had, and was tolerably supplied with money, as I thought, knowing little of the expences of a journey. The Castle of Wolfenbach
His muzzle, shaped something like a duck's bill, nevertheless formed Paula's name tolerably well. The Stars, My Brothers
There might be more of it were there not a tolerably constant strain of humor, though more generally the characteristic American good humor than wit or comedy. Chapter 3. Romances of Adventure. Section 1. Materials and Men
Still, his back was scabbed over, and the wound on his thigh was progressing tolerably well.
An unvoiced sob now hovered behind her words, making her sound intolerably vulnerable to this new enemy, but there was nothing she could do about it.
When your favourite serial gets intolerably depressing you can switch channels and watch Cyrus hamming on MTV.
It is but fair, however, to add that in Mr. Watts 'Dictionary of Chemistry, the latest and best work of the kind, this ferrate is said to become "brick-red after washing and drying at 100° C.," and to be only "tolerably stable. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
She, my monitress, my guide, my counsel, gone, for ever gone! by whose advice and instructions I hoped to acquit myself tolerably in the state to which I could not avoid entering. Clarissa Harlowe
It is, in fact, a relatively secular, tolerably cosmopolitan place - and it is rich.
We contend, that for tolerably good land, situated advantageously, that is, with a ready access to good markets and good fairs, such as those of Coventry, Birmingham, Gloucester, Worcester, Biographical Essays
It is the custom on board slavers, I believe -- at least it was so on board the _Francesca_ -- to feed the slaves twice a day, the food consisting of a fairly liberal quantity of boiled rice, farina, or calavance beans -- these latter being used on account of their great fattening powers, whereby the slaves are maintained in a tolerably good condition of body -- with a pint of water at each meal. The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast
The patella is a great defence to the front of the knee-joint, and distributes upon a large and tolerably even surface, during kneeling, the pressure which would otherwise fall upon the prominent ridges of the condyles; it also affords leverage to the Quadriceps femoris. III. Syndesmology. 7b. The Knee-joint
They should be grown in tolerably rich soil, but which has been enriched with decayed leaves rather than animal manure; as, when they are manured with dung, they are very apt to produce what are called water shoots or gourmands, that is, strong vigorous shoots without any blossom buds. The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
The skeleton of the hand exhibits, in the region which we term the wrist, and which is technically called the 'carpus' -- two rows of closely fitted polygonal bones, four in each row, which are tolerably equal in size. Lectures and Essays
Thus accoutred, he was hoisted, at his own earnest request, upon the quietest horse of the party; and, prompted and supported by old Gudyill the butler, as his front file, he passed muster tolerably enough; the sheriff not caring to examine too closely the recruits of so well-affected a person as Old Mortality
After this, I fell into a pretty sound and refreshing sleep, and lay till twelve o'clock, tolerably easy, considering I was very feverish, and aguishly inclined; and she took a deal of care to fit me to undergo more trials, which I had hoped would have been happily ended: but Providence did not see fit. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
In those days, this now narrow catalogue of accomplishments would have been held tolerably comprehensive.
We find the bottom of the tube is occupied by two cells, partially filled with ovula, which are attached both to the axis and to the base, as well as to the lower part of the outer paries of each cell; so far, it does not depart from the order, for in Aplexus the placentation is tolerably similar. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
Thanks, also, to an almost unchangeable good temper, the result of moral healthiness, which is itself the result of a well-balanced mind, and of tolerably good bodily health, I have been able to indulge in a quiet philosophy, which finds expression either in grateful optimism or playful irony. Recollections of My Youth
So he evidently went to a tolerably good school, or paid attention during the lessons, and as a result he has some appreciation of the importance of a strategically placed comma.
_ -- Fractures of the _scapula_ were not uncommon, but were mostly of the perforative variety; thus perforations both of the spine in longitudinal wounds of the back, and of the ala in perforating wounds of the thorax, were tolerably frequent. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
The dump of boots outside, the croaking of old beldames from attic to attic, the dull murmur of morning, unnerved him, and, dozing, he slumped in his chair, his brain, overladen with sound and color, working intolerably over the imagery that stacked it.
Gentlemen," he said, advancing into the middle of the room, where, by occasionally throwing out his arms to balance himself, he managed to maintain a tolerably erect position, "I am going to make a what-d'ye-call-it. The Purple Land
Beveridge's legacy endures because the welfare state works tolerably well and is immensely popular.
The statement may (with St. Peter keeping the gate) have been challenged in paradise, but in literature at all events the unhonored life of Jérome Coignard has clothed him with glory of tolerably longeval looking texture. The Queen Pedauque
Assuredly the Dean has a purse, and a tolerably well-filled one; and, assuredly, the Archbishop, on departing from an inn, not only settles his reckoning, but leaves something handsome for the servants, and does not say that he is forbidden by the gospel to pay for what he has eaten, or the trouble he has given, as a certain Spanish cavalier said he was forbidden by the statutes of chivalry. The Romany Rye
The summit of the outlier is tolerably level, and here the shepherds had built small hollow piles of dry stone, in which their newly yeaned lambs are sheltered from the rude blasts. The Land of Midian
Songs are set in everyday situations and many listeners appreciate the gritty realism, although others consider the earthiness intolerably shallow.
He seems tolerably well qualified to be writing about this sort of thing.
He spoke in tolerably good English – different from our coarse, broad, John Halifax, Gentleman
But Lord Ballindine had made up his mind, or rather, Blake had made it up for him, and the thing was to be done; the risk was to be run, and the preparations the sweats and the gallops, the physicking, feeding, and coddling, kept Frank tolerably well employed; though the whole process would have gone on quite as well, had he been absent. The Kellys and the O'Kellys
He plays the piano tolerably well.
Halted on an old rice khet, near a pool of tolerably clear water. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
Gentlemen," he said, advancing into the middle of the room, where, by occasionally throwing out his arms to balance himself, he managed to maintain a tolerably erect position, "I am going to make a what-d'ye-call-it. The Purple Land
By degrees hay should be mingled with their food, and the quantity of this should be gradually increased while that of the grass is diminished; some carrots cut in tolerably thick slices and a few grains being given occasionally, till the cows have become accustomed to their dry food. The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
In an instant, it was clear that the ward was an intolerably noisy place, flooded with a near-continuous din of screams, laughter, and loud vocalizations.
While in this temper, as he was taking a solitary walk in the evening, and, to divert his melancholy, was flinging the stones that lay in his path against each other, he happened to break a tolerably large one, and out of it jumped a toad. Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian
Even landless labourers could manage tolerably well within this system.
In short, at a tolerably large wine-party there was wasted, or _worse than wasted_, a quantity of Port wine sufficient to check the ravages of a typhus fever in an entire village. Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford In Ten Letters, From an Uncle to His Nephew
Nobody said a word about partridges; but it was remarkable that from each carriage that arrived there was taken a long mahogany case, followed by a tin canister and a powder flask; and that each new-comer, in the course of the first evening, invariably asked if the harvest were well in, and if the birds were tolerably strong and numerous. The Semi-Attached Couple
This settlement contains, by admeasurement, 134 acres, a part of which is planted with maize, very backward, but in general tolerably good, and beautifully green. The Settlement at Port Jackson
Once she prevailed with him, and really got him and Boyne off for a day, but they came back early, with signs of having bored each other intolerably, and after that it was Boyne, as much as his father, who relucted from joint expeditions. The Kentons
she plays tennis tolerably
There are diabetics who can not maintain ideal blood sugar levels without sending their sugars spiralling to intolerably low levels, those who cannot maintain ideal blood pressure levels without getting hypotensive when they stand up, and those who cannot achieve ideal cholesterol levels because of side effects of cholesterol medications. Archive 2004-07-01
Then I have a quarrel against his face, though in his person, for a well-thriven man, tolerably genteel — Not to his features so much neither; for what, as you have often observed, are features in a man? — Clarissa Harlowe
After the death, staff at the home became intolerably cruel to her and made her life a living hell.
The days of an abundant supply of semi-skilled, tolerably well-paid jobs are over. Times, Sunday Times
At night, the temperatures dropped almost intolerably low.
M to day after haveing disposed of their roots and berries for a fiew fishing hooks and Some other Small articles. we are infestd. with Sworms of flees already in our new habatations; the presumption is therefore Strong that we Shall not devest our Selves of this intolerably troublesom vermin dureing our residence here. The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806
Bluntly stated, the historical record of tolerably accurate strategic futurology is anything but impressive.
For the last few days, the weather had been tolerably cool, and we had not been much troubled with musquitoes; instead, however, we were persecuted severely by a very large greyish kind of horsefly, with a huge proboscis for sucking up the blood. Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840-1
Add to this a kind of adhesiveness (we can hardly call it obstinacy or pertinacity) of temper, which can make no allowance for change of circumstances, and we think we have a tolerably clear notion of the causes of General McClellan's disasters. The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays
For my own part, I have to say that I find the idea tolerably convincing. Who is John Twelve Hawks?
They were tolerably happy together, as marriages seem to go, a happiness achieved partly by agreeing to differ.
a child with intolerably cute mannerisms
Africa, the origin of life, abounds with endless red deserts and intolerably hot storms.
_Leisure Hour_, a tolerably good cut of it was given, but the artist did not copy the label accurately, for on the photograph from which that cut was derived, _another name_ was rendered by _that_ sun, who pays no compliments and tells no lies. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men.
Gentlemen of the free-and-easy sort, who plume themselves on being acquainted with a move or two, and being usually equal to the time-of-day, express the wide range of their capacity for adventure by observing that they are good for anything from pitch-and-toss to manslaughter; between which opposite extremes, no doubt, there lies a tolerably wide and comprehensive range of subjects. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Stave 3 The Second of the Three Spirits | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News
Shortly afterwards I emerged from the coom or valley of the Rhymni, and entered upon a fertile and tolerably level district. Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery
This cabinet when wc saw it, was not yet arranged; it is i; i Oie building where the mint is kept, the edifice is new, tolerably spacious, and situated at the end of the bridge, at the entrance f what is, properly speaking, the city: the portal has four columns sunk in the wall, without any pedettal: they are too laree for the building, and fail of eflfect. A General collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world [microform] : many of which are now first translated into English : digested on a new plan
They had increasing difficulty in providing even tolerably competent candidates for the array of provincial posts reserved for them.
But a kedge and halser, stretched thwartwise to a neighboring crag, and jammed fast in a crevice, served in moderate weather to keep us tolerably right. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland
I play the piano tolerably well, though I have no particular talent for it.
The operation is tolerably safe today.
Very much of the stewardship and management of the property had been in their hands, and they had thriven as honest men, but as men with a tolerably sharp eye to their own interests. The American Senator
The walls of one among them were entirely covered with scriptural pictures in fresco of rather coarse execution, but still tolerably preserved, excepting the heads, of which no doubt Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia
Already the banks of the St. Lawrence below Quebec were laid out in seigniories, and the farms were tolerably well cultivated. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1
The two sisters, with the most virtuous emulation, vied with each other in demonstrative affection, till he was tolerably consoled. Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
By and large however things have worked out tolerably well - although it must be acknowledged that so far this season the shortage of officials has caused the postponement of up to 40 games - mostly in the lower and reserve leagues.
There was nothing resembling the present popularity of a treatment which gives generals so immense a preponderance over particulars — somewhat to the neglect of the old saying about the snare that lies hidden in generals, many persons being tolerably indifferent about the dolus so long as they can make sure of the latet. Voltaire
Assuredly the Dean has a purse, and a tolerably well-filled one; and, assuredly, the Archbishop, on departing from an inn, not only settles his reckoning, but leaves something handsome for the servants, and does not say that he is forbidden by the Gospel to pay for what he has eaten, or the trouble he has given, as a certain Spanish cavalier said he was forbidden by the statutes of chivalry. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro'
A double door admitted us to the wareroom, where, tolerably secure from fire (the doors alone were of wood), were stored Turkish and Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876
On this first morning he put aside his newspapers -- one an old established Tory journal, with all the local and county news, which was the most interesting to him; the other the _Morning Chronicle_, which he called his dose of bitters, and which called out many a strong expression and tolerably pungent oath. Wives and Daughters
-- Take a yard of flannel, fold it in three widths, then dip it in very hot water, wring it out tolerably dry, and apply it evenly and neatly round and round the bowels; over this, and to keep it in its place, and to keep in the moisture, put on a _dry_ flannel bandage, four yards long and four inches wide. Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children
After this, I fell into a pretty sound and refreshing sleep, and lay till twelve o’clock, tolerably easy, considering I was very feverish, and aguishly inclined; and she took a deal of care to fit me to undergo more trials, which I had hoped would have been happily ended: but Providence did not see fit. Pamela
Good night; and thank you, Patty," called a tolerably cheerful voice from under the covers. When Patty Went to College
It was a family living, always held conjointly with a tolerably good estate, enough to qualify the owner for the dangerous position of 'squarson,' as no doubt many a clerical Underwood had been ever since their branch had grown out from the stem of the elder line, which had now disappeared. The Pillars of the House, V1

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