intolerable
Example Sentences
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President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said that it was "intolerable" that the revision books for the French school leavers' exam, the baccalaureat, "falsify the facts" about the "terrorist and antisemitic attacks by Hamas".
From Barron's
His honor is lost in the movement of a muscle, and this becomes his intolerable regret: “Ah! what a chance missed! My God! what a chance missed!”
He fought the decision successfully in court, but eventually resigned in the face of what he told the BBC was "intolerable" pressure.
From BBC
"Such arbitrary suspensions make an already intolerable situation even worse for the people of Gaza," he said.
From Barron's
The head of a leading disability rights charity turned down an MBE in the New Year Honours over what she described as the "simply intolerable" situation facing disabled people in the UK.
From BBC
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