tolerate - use in sentences

Object

  • shade: Grow in moist, fertile well drained soil in full sun will tolerate light shade.
  • Jezebel: Verse 20: Nevertheless [ says the risen Lord Jesus ] I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel.
  • dissent: Indeed, there is a danger it will arouse suspicions that the management committee is unwilling to tolerate dissent or justify its actions.
  • frost: Large showy blooms ideal in patio containers will tolerate moderate spring frosts.

Adjective complement

  • wrong: His holiness, His moral perfection cannot tolerate wrong.

Modifying Another Word

  • longer: The power thirsty king Philippe le Bel could no longer tolerate their power.
  • not: The global economy will not tolerate high tax systems of the kind Gordon Brown is building.
  • well: A 20 % loss is usually well tolerated provided fluids are given to maintain the circulating volume.

Present participle complement

  • bully: We aim to help the children develop self discipline and will not tolerate bullying in any form.
  • lie: Make sure the patient can tolerate lying flat if a simple spinal is used.

Preposition: in

  • society: Depictions of these types of brutality should not be tolerated in a civilized society.

Preposition: under

  • circumstance: Abusive posts will not be tolerated under any circumstances.

Preposition: by

  • patient: Both studies reported analgesic effects of CNS 5161 at doses that were well tolerated by the patients.

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