put up with
Example Sentences
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"I wasn't happy. I knew my body wasn't functioning properly and I wasn't prepared to just put up with it," she said.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
“The trade-off is that while you get the recognition, you also have to put up with the periods of rejection,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
It’s not the hassles and aggravation that most people put up with.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
But she added: "Well, we understand that this is probably a necessity, so we put up with it."
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
He was an old guy, comfortably into his sixties, with almost no teeth and a body that looked as if it had put up with all kinds of tough stuff in its day.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
