tolerably

Example Sentences

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You know from experience that a tolerably cold or hot stimulus can quickly progress to a much more intense stimulus that is no longer tolerable.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

On a tolerably warm Sunday afternoon, I sat in bliss as a butterfly joined the cast of this outdoor production, tracing parabolas of enchantment as though a new member of Titania’s fairy train.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2021

In turn, she uses her influence and the indulgence of her husband King George III to raise the status of people of color in society or at least make them tolerably fashionable.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2020

“If I learned from Cincinnati that the wires to St. Louis were interrupted by rain,” one operator was recorded as saying, “I was tolerably sure a ‘northeast’ storm was approaching.”

From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2019

Seriously, however, she felt tolerably persuaded that all this must have taken place with that gentleman’s concurrence.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen