How to Use tolerable in a Sentence

tolerable

adjective
Definition of tolerablenext
Synonyms for tolerablenext
  • Dry, desert air with dew points in the 40s and 50s made the heat more tolerable.
    — Star Tribune, 5 June 2021
  • Jones increased the range of motion in his foot to the point where the pain was tolerable.
    — Joe Drape, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The battery life is quite poor, but the noise is tolerable.
    — Collin Morgan and Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Ads are tolerable, as long as we’re not forced to watch too many.
    — Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 29 May 2022
  • It's used to help cool down and reduce the strength of the pickle brine to a more tolerable level.
    — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • After all, at some cost the flu might be contained too, but the cost wouldn’t be tolerable and then the flu would spread.
    — WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Go to the beach, but wait until 7 p.m., when things are at least tolerable.
    — Rick Rojas, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • For a month or so, the view from our new-world perch looked fine — not ideal but tolerable.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2021
  • This simple task will make the next few years a lot more tolerable.
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021
  • If the Bears enter at least 3-2 it’s a bit more tolerable.
    — oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2021
  • This helps cut noise and top lift, both of which seemed quite tolerable during a brief test drive.
    — Barry Winfield, Car and Driver, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Rear-seat space is generous in the second row and tolerable in the third.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Breezes remain light from the north, making the cold air more tolerable.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The rest of the coming week will be, if not comfortable, at least more tolerable.
    — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2023
  • For some of us, the pandemic is about to enter a more tolerable phase.
    — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Much more tolerable to force the fear, to try to acquaint myself with terror.
    — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
  • But for a long time this was the best astronomers—or anyone else—could get, so these drawbacks were tolerable.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 7 June 2024
  • Skies turn clear with a bit more tolerable low temperatures in the mid-60s to low 70s.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
  • The fan overhead and the small pond and waterfall in front of me have just enough of a cooling effect to make life tolerable outside.
    — Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 11 July 2021
  • That is the amount of time that the majority of the public finds tolerable from a motion standpoint.
    — Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Durazo was sitting in a camping chair at the end of a long day, waiting with the rest of the team for their tents to cool enough to be tolerable for sleeping.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The first location opened in Dallas seven years ago; this Fort Worth store is the duo’s nod to the need westward for such tolerable fare.
    — Anna Caplan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • School finances remain well in the black, making the many variables a bit more tolerable.
    — Chris M. Worrell, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2021
  • For a certain stripe of music snob, U2 is only tolerable when the deity Eno submerges the band in a sea of synths and reverb.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 13 May 2022
  • But at least there will be great food and drink to make the misunderstanding more tolerable.
    — Channing King, The Indianapolis Star, 4 May 2021
  • There are some things about this couple that were tolerable in a group, but that have since become frustrating for me.
    — Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2022
  • In the days and weeks leading up to the draft, the Lillard speculation was somewhat tolerable.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
  • This might be tolerable for those who only haul heavy loads over short distances, and have easy access to a rapid charger.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2022
  • Others with a far-right ethos were barely tolerable in Kiev.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Traffic was tolerable until these cars flooded Manhattan, with no regulation from the city.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 June 2024

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