intolerable

Example Sentences

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"It is an unacceptable and intolerable attack on the fundamental rights of our national Football Federation."

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Meta attorney Phyllis Jones showed jurors Instagram posts, text messages and ephemera from her high school years in which Kaley portrayed her home life as intolerable.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

The National Association for Gun Rights decried Pirro’s warning as “unacceptable and intolerable comments by a sitting US attorney.”

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

His honor is lost in the movement of a muscle, and this becomes his intolerable regret: “Ah! what a chance missed! My God! what a chance missed!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

For a moment, motionless in intolerable doubt, he looked back.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien