intolerable
Example Sentences
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The pressure was, at times, intolerable and this continued through wave after wave of Covid.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Meta attorney Phyllis Jones showed jurors Instagram posts, text messages and ephemera from her high school years in which Kaley portrayed her home life as intolerable.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
That Epstein’s crimes were confined to himself and a few enablers, chiefly Ghislaine Maxwell, was intolerable to influencers and politicos determined to attribute all bad things to the dark workings of cabals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
The National Association for Gun Rights decried Pirro’s warning as “unacceptable and intolerable comments by a sitting US attorney.”
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026
Scraping noises; and then, like the gates of the Western Paradise, the trap door would open, lowering into the basement an almost intolerable beam of light.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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