How To Use Tolerate In A Sentence

The human species has not evolved such that it can tolerate sitting in that southwesterly location, behind uninsulated glass, leaning on a heat absorbing table of dark steel and not be grossly uncomfortable.
The teacher cannot tolerate eating on the class.
A City priest vowed yesterday that he is no longer willing to turn the other cheek and tolerate the repeated acts of wanton vandalism to the windows of the presbytery which is also his home.
In those days, religious dissent was not tolerated.
They would not, however, have tolerated any canine comparison. YESTERDAY'S SHADOW

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We live in a mixed society now and this sort of thing is disgusting and shouldn't be tolerated.
Many cycads may be grown outdoors in California and the southern United States, but they cannot seem to tolerate the less equable climate in other parts of the nation.
Further, with this requirement Japanese Baptists had to loosen the requirement of believer's baptism by immersion and tolerate various other baptismal traditions.
The peace lily is an indoor plant and will not tolerate frosty conditions.
Cold-calling, at one licensed dealer, when the salesmen got desperate, was just not tolerated, it was actively encouraged.
The senator called the new highways proposal "...a fraud and a boondoggle that the taxpayer should not tolerate".
There is no authority on the implied licence argument and it may be criticised that it runs counter to the guidance of the House of Lords in the case of Sunningwell that a tolerated use may be as of right.
I will not tolerate a repeat performance.
One could tolerate this kind of hokum, if only the movie had some fun with it.
Pumps do not tolerate dry running.
Currently, we tend to tolerate diseases and take action only when people start to complain.
How can the Greeks, who possess such wonderful treasures from the past, tolerate such dirtiness?
Furthermore, antiretroviral therapy may be less effective or less well tolerated in some patients who present with more advanced disease.
The number of adverse effects was comparable in the groups, and both drugs were well tolerated.
So the cost of the strikes, politically, is denouncement from a Pakistani government that can’t tolerate a public acknowledgment of its complicity. Talking Reckless | ATTACKERMAN
Oppression or unjustified imposition can never be tolerated.
It's pretty much a rule of politics that when a party has been out of power for a while it is willing to tolerate a decent amount of ideological impurity in its presidential candidate.
You tell us your theoretic can't tolerate extreme adaptations, coordinated mutational events and expression suiting, or the possibility of any organism that hasn't already existed at some point (and been duly deconstructed) ever existing at all. Behe's Test
This includes the use of erythropoietin, surgical techniques that minimise blood loss, and drugs that inhibit fibrinolysis; greater degrees of anaemia are tolerated, and phlebotomy undertaken for diagnostic testing is minimal.
The lack of imbalance in C: P and N: P ratios between seston and mussels along with high tissue C: P ratio of the mussel allow them to tolerate potential P limitation and maintain high growth rate. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
How long can tissues tolerate the increased compartmental pressure?
I ask you to cherish her unbridled passion for ideas and to tolerate her tenacity in following questions to satisfying conclusions.
I will not tolerate this behaviour any longer. Do I make myself clear?
His editor would not challenge and tolerate him, the various and sundry contacts and stoolies would not squeal to him.
However, the poticians in most souther states including mine are dominated by the religious conservatives who wouldn't tolerate anyone who doesn't think or look like them!! Voinovich: The GOP's 'being taken over by Southerners'
This plant can tolerate neglect and survive in difficult conditions, such as cool rooms and hallways.
How can you tolerate the taste of this liquid? It disunited my stomach and intestines.
It's no wonder that their residents often tolerate extreme commutes in order to find affordable housing, " it said.
Count Mirabeau is a most wonderful man, but he is a more than questionable character; even if you marry him, your discretion may very reasonably be called in question, but terms of intimacy, except with that view, cannot for a moment be tolerated; - to talk of friendship for such a man is nonsense, unless, like the good old duchess, you had had a tendresse for the father, which made you patronising for the son. Zoe: The History of Two Lives
I swim here with Byron because I dread to swim alone, and tolerate all his impudent remarks.
MySpace issued a statement saying it "does not tolerate cyberbullying" and was cooperating fully with the US attorney.
A watercourse viewed primarily as an effluent carrier will be thought better able to tolerate further pollution.
Foreign enterprises must tolerate—indeed, facilitate—the setting-up of Communist Party cells in their Chinese operations.
What should not be legal or tolerated is large numbers of unpurchased copies under the control of simultaneous users. — Bits Debate: Mixing It Up Over Remixes and Fair Use - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
By default, CCNet will tolerate 5 consecutive errors but will stop the project on a 6th error.
The godless communists won't tolerate the godless Westerners.
For this reason it is my opinion that manufacturers will tolerate more color variation in Sitka spruce than in the whiter spruces such as European or Engelmann.
He is said by colleagues to be a hard taskmaster who does not tolerate failure.
Nor will I tolerate any lying or duplicity.
She has an area of hyperesthesia, which has made it difficult for her to tolerate any direct pressure to the region, be it clothing, chairs, etc.
A laddish culture, that despises academic achievement and is tolerated by far too many parents, must be changed.
After Hild had set off, plainly loath to leave Tera—though she seemed oblivious to his attraction—the remaining five had eaten as much unripened fruit as they could tolerate, then taken places around the fire to pass out. Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve
All plants display this ability to tolerate environmental stress to varying degrees.
Declarations of racial antipathy against ethnic minorities will not be tolerated.
The Home Secretary, David Blunkett, took a tough line, saying that he would not tolerate wanton destruction and violence.
The reason is that Chavez cannot tolerate that the spotlight is taken away from him and when that happens he always burps something out that is sure to send the country into a newer chaotic spasm since Chavez underlings are unable to discern what is a mere dissimulated form of swearing and what might be actually a state policy. Lapi, Chavez and private health care
I guess some people just need, and demand, masters and are unwilling to tolerate those who do not gladly submit to the collective as represented by the coerciveness of the state and its agents. The Volokh Conspiracy » Deadly Force in Self-Defense Constitutionally Protected, Nondeadly Force Unprotected?
In summer, the plants will tolerate some dryness but with extreme drought, watering is required.
They were quite used to Cadfael by that time, he was accepted in La Musarderie as harmless, tolerated by the castellan, and respectably what his habit represented him as being. A River So Long
If you don't notice a difference in how you feel after re-introducing aspartame, it's a safe bet you're able to tolerate aspartame acutely, meaning your body doesn't have an immediate, adverse response. Dr. Joseph Mercola: The Deadly Neurotoxin Nearly EVERYONE Uses Daily (VIDEO)
Law schools do tolerate some non-PC thinking, but not anything to far afield from the orthodoxy. The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?
This market has a unique requirement - it cannot tolerate a disruption in the data flow or the picture you're viewing on the screen will glitch.
Discrimination on grounds of race will not be tolerated.
Finally, the doctors found a formula the baby could tolerate and she began to have success with her feedings again. Gastroschisis — Welsh
Such violent protests might have been tolerated in the past because there were no other channels for expressing opinions during the dictatorial regimes.
Cats can tolerate a few adult heartworms for several months, but when the heartworms grow in size or when the number multiplies, clinical signs begin to appear.
The lean period at the beginning of the dry season with few available fruit resources is tolerated as the marsupials store fat.
The Royal Navy assumed that Raeder, the head of the German Navy, would not tolerate three ships remaining in harbour and not doing anything.
As the story progresses, his conspicuous use of foreign terms - agapemone, desiderata, virgo intacta, pace, esprit fort - makes us increasingly ill-disposed to tolerate his point of view.
They desire clear, unbending moral and behavioral codes, a fondness for systematization, a willingness to tolerate inequality and an inherently pessimistic view of human nature. June Carbone: Polarized Politics: How Extremists Have Taken America Hostage
The company said the drug, which was given to patients with the relapsing form of MS, was safe and well-tolerated without immunosuppressive effects. Teva MS Drug Clears Key Hurdle
We must welcome advice, but we must not tolerate dictation.
And what opponents of the United States could not be delighted that the current administration, in the name of unrealizable ideals, has made a project of destabilizing the whole world by abandoning friendly countries and allies because it is too delicate and self-concerned to tolerate that they are at times unsavory? Memorial Day Beyond Stone and Steel
I can't tolerate that rude fellow.
This is Southern California, pal, where physical imperfection will NOT be tolerated.
Be advised they'll also be in no mood to tolerate even the slightest suggestion of possessiveness.
Whatever the cause, this type of hot-headed outrage can never be tolerated.
The Constitution of Martin V, "Ad evitanda scandala", permits the excommunicated known as tolerati (tolerated) to take part in an election, but exception may be taken to them, and their exclusion must follow; if, after such exception, they cast a vote, it must be considered null. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
For 23 years, she had tolerated the raised eyebrows, the rude snickers, the outright guffaws.
Don't tolerate the equally vicious dishonesty of adultery.
This is a major operation requiring single lung anaesthesia, and many patients with cardiac or underlying lung disease will not tolerate it.
It is just that I can no longer tolerate the time-wasting and silly game-playing that characterise local government.
Le jument est beau" was a solecism that could not longer be tolerated. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest
Intensely narcissistic people often live tumultuous lives, as few people can tolerate them for long.
It was startling enough that a great hotel admitted Indians, until I realised that they were used to these occasional delegations passing to and from Washington, and not only tolerated them but made much of them for policy's sake; also, they were a raree show for the other diners. Isabelle
I'm quite happy to let the right wingers be the "tolerant" ones, especially if what they tolerate is idiocy, mediocrity, and the destruction of what this country has and should stand for. In Eugene, Palin says she eats granola too
Also, these medications often are poorly tolerated in elderly patients who have multiple comorbidities.
She tolerated my eleven year old's questions with grace and kindness.
He is said by colleagues to be a hard taskmaster who does not tolerate failure.
At the same time, the absorption of light combined with low temperatures triggers the expression of certain genes that help the plant tolerate freezing temperatures.
But, as a scientist, she was and is prepared to tolerate this drive while it lasts without satisfying it.
Also, children with depressed moms may be drowsy, passive, more temperamentally difficult, irritable, less able to tolerate separation, and more afraid or more anxious than children of nondepressed mothers. You Raising Your Child
We simply will not tolerate vigilante groups on our streets.
A watercourse viewed primarily as an effluent carrier will be thought better able to tolerate further pollution.
It is probable that this remote and sequestered place was used in latter times for the celebration of Mass, when the Romish religion was not publicly tolerated.
Unfortunately it is poorly tolerated, and doubts have been raised about its effect on growth.
What company could tolerate an employee violating a basic rule of employment and of security?
She can tolerate that rude fellow.
How can humans tolerate extreme oxygen deprivation at very high altitudes?
We will not tolerate racism in any shape or form.
His supporters were marginalized but tolerated in the village, like harmless but disliked lechers. A Privilege to Die
A bill with wine ordered means a bigger tip and a profit for the restaurant -- even the most intense "nerdiness" should be tolerated in that respect. Rough Restaurant Experience With Wine Offers Reminder: Vintage Matters
Stoicism indeed seems to fall back into the materialism that I prevailed before Plato and Aristotle; but the ethical dualism which dominated the mood of the Stoic philosophers, did not in the long run tolerate the materialistic physics; it sought and found help in the metaphysical dualism of the Platonists, and at the same time reconciled itself to the popular religion by means of allegorism, that is, it formed a new theology. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)
However, oral ethionamide, which, isn't used in adults because of its toxicity, is better tolerated in children. Undefined
At first I hated that squeezy feeling as the cuff inflated round my arm, but, gradually, I came to tolerate it.
The presence of plants on predominantly north facing slopes suggests that plants are unable to tolerate the driest sites or sandy soils that are common in many areas of the piedmont.
Pollution Targets and Critical Loads Critical loads mark the limit of nature's ability to tolerate acid rain.
She actually seemed pleased to see him: most of her visitors she merely tolerated.
It has big balls of bright orange flowers and large waxy grey leaves, but because it won't tolerate temperatures below about 15-degrees Celsius, it will only grow in a glasshouse this far south.
The Melbourne Writers Centre is dominated by women who will only tolerate strangely docile feminised men, who build towards an androgyny and collaborate in a general ‘dumbing down’ of the male.
In all cases the PMO was well tolerated at doses equivalent to 80 mg/kg and 110 mg/kg in humans respectively (based on standard allometric scaling), suggesting the potential for a wide therapeutic index. Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
We must tolerate the religions of others
Even without abuse per se, long hours of isolated, physically exhausting domestic labor for live-in nannies, cooks and housekeepers can extend beyond what most employees would tolerate.
This is a major operation requiring single lung anaesthesia, and many patients with cardiac or underlying lung disease will not tolerate it.
She could finally tolerate no more of his coldness and penny-pinching ways.
The food was bland and unappealing, with no flavour she could tolerate.
They are a vigorous grower spreading by underground root and tolerate many types of soil.
His parents tolerate the sudden plunge into secularism with helpless concern.
It gave Allied pilots a major tactical advantage as they were able to tolerate greater G-forces to outmanoeuvre their opponents.
Thus we have evidence of the existence in pre-Buddhist India of rites and beliefs — the latter chiefly of the kind called animistic — disowned for the most part by the Buddhists and only tolerated by the Brahmans. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1
Apparently you'll be able to tolerate me nettling you then, huh?
Whatever the cause, this type of hot-headed outrage can never be tolerated.
There is greater public interest in protecting private life -- and that interest must tolerate the occasional missed misdemeanour," said Whittle, a former BBC controller of editorial policy.
Completion of the eastern counties railway network removed the last barrier; now labour was prepared to move rather than tolerate chronic want.
It is a useful test for sorting out new alloys and has direct application to design where creep deformation can be tolerated but fracture must be prevented.
Since most of the blockwork of buildings is jointed and rendered in mortars that are richer than the mixes of the blocks, minor lapses in product quality could be tolerated. Chapter 10
When the rebellious streak appeared in her life it was tolerated, but it was not tolerated in her literary personality.
The rich tolerate the poor by taxpaying and contribution, i. e. bestowing on the poor their own resources and wealth.
Although the cotton plant can tolerate leaf damage and tip boring up to 50 per cent before yield is reduced, it is more susceptible to pest damage than most crops especially in the rainy season.
The sports world does not tolerate doping as it is a fundamental form of cheating.
Few plants will tolerate sudden changes in temperature.
Lippy was not a good digger—in fact, he was mostly in the way, but Call tolerated him. The Lonesome Dove Series
Beyond this, however, Connolly's model of a pluralism that can legitimately admire a diversity of metaphysical perspectives (rather than simply tolerate them) looks rather like an agonistic version of Introduction
Sometimes listed as a deep water aquatic as it will also tolerate deep water.
Free acids, as a rule, are only tolerated in certain parts of the organism, the latter usually striving to neutralise acidic groups which may be brought about by salt formation; formation of amino compounds (proteins) or esterification (fats); and, lastly, esterformation by means of sugars. Synthetic Tannins
Recently the orthomolecular pioneer Jonathan Wright, MD, made a compelling case for lithium being a safe and well-tolerated neuroprotectant at low doses.
The government could also work towards a more harmonious and inclusive society that tolerated and protected differences of opinion, especially unpopular ones.
People at high risk for flu complications may be able to work with an allergist to be desensitized so they tolerate the vaccine.
My mother gamely tolerated them, along with the odd praying mantis on the net curtains, smuggled home on the Train Bleu from Menton, where my French pen-friend, Jean-Franois, lived. Wildwood
She tolerated the teasing, until the fourth grade.
In this case men are shamed into silence, a form of abuse that few women today would tolerate.
We doubt whether the most limited gynocracy would tolerate the use of tobacco as an article of daily diet, or permit ferocious murders to go unwhipped of justice under the name of duels. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.
Contrary practices, such as concubinage, were still tolerated, but they counted for little in the social organism. The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries
I manage a smile, but I'll never be able to tolerate their chatter even though I'm a chatterbox too.
The Royal Navy assumed that Raeder, the head of the German Navy, would not tolerate three ships remaining in harbour and not doing anything.
The company will not tolerate discrimination in any shape or form.
A few ophiuroid species can even tolerate brackish water, an ability otherwise almost unknown among echinoderms.
If, like death and taxes, people tolerate you because they are stuck with you, you're a lost cause.
You don't suddenly tolerate brutish behavior because it is your child causing the harm.
It'should go without saying that the US would not tolerate such a slump.
To what extent then, as a country and people, are we prepared to accept and tolerate shamelessness in public life?
Notes of blackcurrant leaves, vanilla and spice sit on top of a spiky acidity that, while it could break up rich sauces and complement gutsy food, on its own is hard to tolerate on the finish.
She hates sherry, tolerates wine, and occasionally sips at champagne to be sociable.
Herbs don't tolerate north-facing windows, or any window that gets less than four hours of direct sunshine a day.
It takes about a month or two, but tattling ends quickly in my classroom. I just don't tolerate it.
From TV shows where contestants are verbally abused to sports team hazing parties, humiliation is tolerated and even expected.
Officials generally tolerated prostitution in mining centres, especially in more remote locations.
But if a college culture tolerates and fails to properly investigate, adjudicate, and punish serious sexual misconduct, then it debases campus life, makes a farce of campus "conduct codes," and may leave the college's reputation in ruins. Bennett L. Gershman: Campus "Justice" Shows a Culture of Complacency
There will always be a small percentage of religious extremists in any religion, who will simply not tolerate other ideologies or beliefs.
I guess some people just need, and demand, masters and are unwilling to tolerate those who do not gladly submit to the collective (as represented by the coerciveness of the state and its agents). The Volokh Conspiracy » Deadly Force in Self-Defense Constitutionally Protected, Nondeadly Force Unprotected?
I am afraid to say that this revelation caused a certain amount of food to be spat out, and scenes of a boisterous nature which cannot be tolerated in polite society.
The teacher cannot tolerate eating on the class.
Mavericks and fools are often tolerated by parties as long as they're vote winners.
Drought-tolerant once established, oleanders tolerate the alkaline, sandy soils in Galveston, as well as the heavier soils here.
We face a unipolar world and the gigantic hegemonism of our neighbors, who have always sought to destroy this Revolution and now feel more emboldened by the idea of asphyxiating it, giving it the final blow, because their minds cannot tolerate the existence of the Revolution and what it has meant for this hemisphere, in their backyard, which today they seek more than ever to secure. Fidel Castro Women's Congress Address
The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it. Albert Einstein
You don't tolerate restrictions of your freedom and mobility, needing to be constantly on the move.
The president announced that the country would not tolerate foreign aggression.
Such political scientists have since been recanting and admitting that One Party states simply bred autocracy and misrule by refusing to tolerate criticism and dissent.
Let's see ... pornography has been strictly and totally off limits for kids since forever, but letting them virtually hack other people, monsters, and aliens to bloody shreds in exquisite, life-like detail and with the most vicious weapons imaginable is (ho hum) tolerated, if not exactly condoned? High court accepts case over violent video games
Other words on the list include 'wittol' - a man who tolerates his wife's unfaithfulness, which has not been much used since the 1940s. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Queen Ranavalona does not like darkness, so we condemned it at once -- unanimously -- for we could not for a moment tolerate anything with _darkness_ in it. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
Most cats tolerate grooming by the owner, especially once it becomes a regular event.
The world cannot tolerate these old claims, most times based on sheer hysteria and emotion.
‘I suppose I've moved from being an extremist to a tolerated loony,’ he laughs.
Yeah, some of my best friends are morons, yet somehow I still don't seem to tolerate your stupidity.
I can not tolerate to suffer the loss of 1% of the profit.
Lichens are extreme examples [104]: the moist thalli of such species as Xanthoria candelaria and Rhizoplaca melanophthalma fully tolerated gradual or rapid freezing to -196 °C, and even after being stored for up to several years, almost immediately resumed normal photosynthetic rates when warmed and wetted. General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels
It's shocking to hear someone arguing the contrary, and while I'm sure it wasn't your intention to defend those practises, that is the practical effect of your voicing the opinion without qualifying which practises should be tolerated. Should the Burqa -- and other face coverings -- be banned?
As you are probably aware, Kyle is not someone who tolerates people yelling at him.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerate of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of this.
It would be nice to find more redeeming features but what sort of media industry leader profits from free speech but then doesn't tolerate any criticism from within his own ranks.
Introduced in the late 1970s, Air Krete, a cementitious foam product containing magnesium oxide, is one of the few insulation products that chemically sensitive individuals seem to tolerate.
Even before the sun grew high the dhow was a comfortless indecent thing, more crowded than anything Noah can have had to tolerate: and we lacked Noah's faith in omniscient guidance, in addition to sailing in a hotter latitude, and having more fleas on board than the pair he is reported to have carried. The Ivory Trail
Deviation from the norm is not tolerated.
History, with a capital H, similarly can not tolerate otherness or leave it outside its economy of inclusion.
But going more than halfway to tolerate what look like disturbing cultural practices unsettles some historians, aid experts, economists and others with experience in developing societies.
The company has acknowledged that some incidents of harassment occurred, but denies allegations that it was widely tolerated.
Mutations in genes coding for these proteins may be tolerated in an otherwise wild-type cell through the presence of one or more checkpoint pathways.
They tolerate my speeches, they tolerate my poems, my streaks, my rants, my shirts, colors, white teeth, my obsession to keep my teeth white, keep my breath fresh, to keep my muscles toned, my faded jeans and my pomaded hair.
What we need not tolerate is a federal regulatory structure that is blind to the operations of those who wheel and deal at the very center of the global economy and federal officials who are so uncertain of their aims and prerogatives that they fumble in the face of crisis. www. twitter.com/janiceharayda 2009 May 21 « One-Minute Book Reviews
Our skeptical era would never tolerate the panegyrics of, say, the Victorian age.
This behaviour is dangerous, unacceptable and there is no reason to tolerate it.
It is not impossible that the situation is harder to tolerate in these households than in those with single carers.
Thus, marital dependency reinforces the likelihood that women will tolerate physical abuse from their husbands.sentence dictionary
The idea that the state is the best expositor of the ideals of law led many brilliant and respected lawyers to tolerate the racist and militaristic legal norms generated by the party.
Seeking larger expansion ratios, gasoline engine experts are improving combustion chamber shapes and fuel delivery so higher compression ratios can be tolerated without detonation.
Most people can tolerate wire-haired dogs unless their allergies are very severe.
But the other side of getting the behaviour we tolerate is getting the behaviour we demonstrate. Canadian Values and the Responsibility that Comes With Leadership
Note, too, that many caladiums thrive in shade or part-shade, but those with thicker leaves tolerate more sun, so perhaps your variety could use a little more light.
How can such brazen defiance of health and safety regulations be tolerated?
The violent attack on the county chief is a serious challenge to state authority that should never be tolerated under any circumstance.
There are certain people who by reason of a special susceptibility cannot tolerate phosphorus, and the exhibition of it causes in them nausea, oppression, and a feeling of pain in the epigastric region, tormina and tenesmus, accompanied with diarrhea, and in rare cases jaundice, sometimes lasting several months. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
One option for transdermal administration when patients cannot tolerate morphine is the fentanyl patch.

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