put up with

Example Sentences

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"So, really, the penalty is very, very minute compared to what the farmers in this area have to put up with."

From BBC

She said she was expected to just put up with the bleeding.

From BBC

Is Dutch going to put up with a torpedo who can’t follow directions?

From The Wall Street Journal

“You were thinking you weren’t going to put up with someone being that horrendous to you, even if she was a teacher.”

From Literature

They were right there in the Woodrow Wilson School, all six of them spread out, one to a class, because the only teacher who could put up with two of them at once would have to be a Miss King Kong.

From Literature