Tolerable is an English word with synonyms like bearable or passable. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Tolerable in a sentence
Tolerable meaning
- Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable.
- Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so.
- Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable.
Synonyms of Tolerable
Using Tolerable
- The main meaning on this page is: Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable. | Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so. | Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable.
- Useful related words include: bearable, fair to middling, passable, adequate.
- In the example corpus, tolerable often appears in combinations such as: more tolerable, tolerable upper, tolerable to.
Context around Tolerable
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tolerable
- In this selection, "tolerable" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, barely, friday, mostly, plot, rate and punishment stand out and add context to how "tolerable" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a more tolerable nom nom and again be tolerable to ukrainians. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tolerable" sits close to words such as accessorized, acs and adoptions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tolerable
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Avoid exceeding the tolerable upper intake level. (7 words)
But there’s just no way you can make that tolerable. (11 words)
But renewed Russian rule over Ukraine may never again be tolerable to Ukrainians. (13 words)
Another newer-to-air advert for a different brand of noodle did have a horrendous slurping soundtrack over it, but the makers ended up apologising to those adversely affected by the noise, replacing it with a “more tolerable” nom-nom. (40 words)
Any organization or institution using Zoom should determine whether its tolerable for the government to have all this information about the people who are on your call and, ethically, should inform everyone on a Zoom call of this fact. (39 words)
In fact, according to Salamon, what climate action truly requires is shifting into what she calls “long emergency mode,” in which tight focus on a single problem is no longer tolerable. (31 words)
So they strengthen in the day, have tolerable hours in poor lights, and some of them still suffered? (18 words)
Example sentences (20)
But renewed Russian rule over Ukraine may never again be tolerable to Ukrainians.
In any case, the Corinth Prime is more stylish and has better practicality since the reload speed is still tolerable and pretty average as far as shotguns go.
Nor has the notion that much of what we are told is “insufferable” pain can be made much more tolerable if our health care system prioritised it.
She added: "The kindness of all was overwhelming and heart-warming, making the whole episode so much more tolerable.
She said residents should stay indoors, use fans or air-conditioning and restrict any physical activity to early mornings, when the heat was more tolerable.
The dialogue was surprisingly clunky and didn't help the barely tolerable plot.
The only thing that might change my thought process would him possibly raising his target level for what he would consider to be a tolerable rate of inflation.
They added that rather than giving Friday tolerable punishment, Goodness led him to nearby bush and buried him alive.
Video game adaptations have a troubled history, from the downright bad () to the mostly tolerable (the wildly off-book but still somehow enjoyable franchise).
Another newer-to-air advert for a different brand of noodle did have a horrendous slurping soundtrack over it, but the makers ended up apologising to those adversely affected by the noise, replacing it with a “more tolerable” nom-nom.
Avoid exceeding the tolerable upper intake level.
Batvoice was tolerable, fighting was dope, and that suit (JL altered classic suit) were as close to comics we would have gotten if put in an actual Batman film.
But there’s just no way you can make that tolerable.
Deterrence keeps wars from starting and helps Israel maintain a tolerable level of violence during the routine periods.
During the summer, when school — particularly the University of Hawaii at Manoa — is out, traffic is pretty tolerable in the mornings.
In fact, according to Salamon, what climate action truly requires is shifting into what she calls “long emergency mode,” in which tight focus on a single problem is no longer tolerable.
So they strengthen in the day, have tolerable hours in poor lights, and some of them still suffered?
The mid-range components will keep your frame rates tolerable and the Victus 15 is attractive without obnoxious gamer styling.
With more than two decades of experience as a midwife, she makes the unbearable more tolerable.
Any organization or institution using Zoom should determine whether its tolerable for the government to have all this information about the people who are on your call and, ethically, should inform everyone on a Zoom call of this fact.
Common combinations with tolerable
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- more tolerable 17×
- tolerable upper 8×
- tolerable to 5×
- tolerable and 5×
- tolerable level 5×
- is tolerable 5×
- sets tolerable 5×
- the tolerable 4×
- tolerable in 4×
- with tolerable 4×