tolerate
verb (used with object)
to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
had tolerated
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past perfectof tolerate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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That culminated in a report by Nerys Evans which said the party had tolerated "too many instances of bad behaviour".
From BBC ● May 10, 2023
She didn’t realize how much she was doing until the pandemic’s collective pause and how much she had tolerated until months later, when the American theater experienced a racial reckoning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, recently acknowledged that the Pakistan Army had tolerated and even created terrorist groups in the past but was now determined to disband them.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2020
The department portrayed Doggrell’s case as an aberration, even though it had tolerated his ideology for years.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2019
They had tolerated and learned to live with it.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
