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
He said he had tolerated the hostilities until his son began working at the factory and faced similar treatment.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 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
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
