tolerable

Example Sentences

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She became the woman who, more than perhaps any one other person, made California’s air tolerable, if not technically healthy, and revved up the state’s climate and greenhouse gas policies.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The applicant must be an adult, "have decision-making capacity", suffer from a serious or incurable illness, and "experience constant, unbearable physical or psychological suffering that cannot be relieved under conditions deemed tolerable".

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

One of these companies has a slightly more tolerable vision than the rest, although it’s fair to question whether any one of these ideals could ever vanquish the others.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2026

We are quite more tolerable when they start telling us the truth by agreeing with us.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

“I think there will be very tolerable room for ten couple.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen