tolerably
Example Sentences
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I’m less convinced that “Avatar: The Last Airbender” can tolerably infuse its scripts more of the joyful lunacy that came naturally to the original without turning away the unconvinced.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2024
You know from experience that a tolerably cold or hot stimulus can quickly progress to a much more intense stimulus that is no longer tolerable.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
On a tolerably warm Sunday afternoon, I sat in bliss as a butterfly joined the cast of this outdoor production, tracing parabolas of enchantment as though a new member of Titania’s fairy train.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
If you are entirely satisfied with life, or at least resigned to the inevitability of it running its course in ways that seem tolerably predictable, it may not be the film for you.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 28, 2018
Seriously, however, she felt tolerably persuaded that all this must have taken place with that gentleman’s concurrence.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
