TOLERANT in a Sentence
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204 example sentences for TOLERANT, such as:
1. Vida was not too long tolerant.
2. A tolerably long silence ensued.
3. In August the heat is barely tolerable.
4. At times, the heat was barely tolerable.
5. Thenardier retreated in tolerably good order.
2. A tolerably long silence ensued.
3. In August the heat is barely tolerable.
4. At times, the heat was barely tolerable.
5. Thenardier retreated in tolerably good order.
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Meanings and Examples of TOLERANT
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tolerant
a. showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others
a. tolerant and forgiving under provocation
Classic Sentence: (158 in 11 pages)
1 But Ellen took a more tolerant and long-sighted view of the matter.
2 Many ex-Confederate soldiers, knowing the frantic fear of men who saw their families in want, were more tolerant of former comrades who had changed political colors in order that their families might eat.
3 Vida was not too long tolerant.
4 She hoped that the wise elders might be so tolerant as to listen to her suggestions about changing the shelving of the juveniles.
5 There's lots of sincere practising Christians that are real tolerant.
6 "Rousseau's Contrat Social," said the vicomte with a tolerant smile.
7 His bedroom was tolerably large, and rather difficult to warm in bad weather.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
8 It was warm there, and he found a tolerably good bed of straw.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
9 At that moment there came a tolerably violent knock on the door.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM.
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM.
10 The garden was enclosed by a tolerably low white wall, easy to climb.
11 In this way he traversed a tolerably long distance, gazing, calling, shouting, but he met no one.
12 A tolerably long silence ensued.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP
13 It occupied the plateau of Mont-Saint-Jean, having behind it the village, and in front of it the slope, which was tolerably steep then.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON
14 At the present day it is a tolerably large town, ornamented all the year through with plaster villas, and on Sundays with beaming bourgeois.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE WATER QUESTION AT MONTFERMEIL
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE WATER QUESTION AT MONTFERMEIL
15 Thenardier retreated in tolerably good order.
Example Sentence: (46 in 4 pages)
1 We must struggle against this prejudice for a more tolerant attitude to our beliefs.
2 She's tolerant toward those impudent colleagues.
3 They need to be tolerant of different points of view.
4 He is tolerant of those who disagree with him.
5 I'm easy going and tolerant too, but I would definitely not agree that I am liberal.
6 We are tolerably conversant with the early English poets; and can discover no resemblance whatever, except in antiquated spelling and a few obsolete words.
7 At times, the heat was barely tolerable.
8 In August the heat is barely tolerable.
9 The doctors manage to keep the pain at a tolerable level.
10 She inspected the rooms and found them perfectly tolerable.
11 At their best the conditions in these prisons are scarcely tolerable.
12 When we got to the cabin we took a look at the front and the two sides; and on the side I warn't acquainted with -- which was the north side -- we found a square window-hole, up tolerable high, with just one stout board nailed across it.
13 You have destroyed my ability to tolerate idiots.
14 The teacher cannot tolerate eating on the class.
15 The president announced that the country would not tolerate foreign aggression.