tolerable
Example Sentences
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Now Nasa is working around that problem using the X-59's elongated snout to flatten supersonic booms into tolerable bumps in the background.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
His claim was that a child needs the parent to fail in small, tolerable ways.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
High valuations and volatility are tolerable if funded by long-term equity capital — not borrowed money that must be serviced and repaid.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The intensity is meant to stay tolerable, but it can get unpleasant if pushed too high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
“Nine years is a tolerable time. Was he so very fond of his brother as to be still inconsolable for his loss?”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing tolerable
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Farewell to Manzanar
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