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How to use the word Tolerates in a Sentence?

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In view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. Our Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.

John Marshall Harlan

added by Normando
10 months ago

Most of our people are Catholic, and they are pious Catholics, they follow their traditions, and one of those traditions is respecting life, and Democratic Party no longer tolerates a pro-life Democrat.

Aaron Peña

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Mayor after mayor that tolerates this sort of thing, that decriminalizes even minor offenses, that don't believe in putting people in jail – when your prosecutors are elected, who prosecute certain people who are committing very minor offenses, but then allow other people to go who are committing offenses of moral turpitude and so forth, this is what you get, when Ronald Reagan was governor of California, none of that crap would be going on in L.A. or anyplace else for that matter.

Mark Levin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Xi is not a leader who tolerates failures of officials.

Steve Tsang

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

Robert Frost

added by Normando
5 years ago

I don't want to say the AfD is anti-Semitic, per se, but it tolerates representatives who are demanding a new policy of remembrance, they initiated this discussion about drawing a line (under the Holocaust) and that is very dangerous because it helps make anti-Semitism presentable again.

Felix Klein

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Brazilian society expects the most complete and profound investigation of the illegal acts, and the punishment of all, all those involved, the country no longer tolerates the shameless corruption of some bad public officials and bad businessmen.

Rodrigo Janot

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The country no longer tolerates the shameless corruption of some bad public officials and bad businessmen.

Rodrigo Janot

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Set exorbitant standards, and give your people hell when they don't live up to them. There is nothing so demoralizing as a boss who tolerates second rate work.

David Ogilvy

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy...neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

John W. Gardner

added by anonymous
13 years ago

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exaulted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy...neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

John W. Gardner

added by anonymous
13 years ago

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

John W. Gardner

added by anonymous
14 years ago

The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else.

John Blake

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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