How to Use intolerance in a Sentence

intolerance

noun
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  • And one thing is clear: Each side blames that loss on the other’s intolerance.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2019
  • There are lessons that can be learned from the region, from Beirut, about rolling back the anger, the rage, the intolerance, and finding the center again.
    — Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2020
  • Their intolerance did have some perks, as they were brought out some ice cream to cool off.
    — Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2024
  • Yet in the past few years, religious intolerance has been on the rise.
    — The Economist, 20 Sep. 2019
  • This can help pinpoint whether a food intolerance is to blame.
    — Women's Health, 22 Mar. 2023
  • No, this massacre was a function of hate—the kind of toxic intolerance in its purest form.
    — TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The United States won the Cold War, of course—a result that might seem to vindicate this intolerance.
    — Jeremy Friedman, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2024
  • What does someone with gluten or lactose intolerance do when the bread rolls or ice cream comes out?
    — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Nov. 2021
  • But banning books is not just the product of right-wing intolerance.
    — Jay Parini, CNN, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The action, which targeted the home of Jake Nolan and his partner, Jon, was meant to send a message of hate and intolerance.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
  • The shaming may not end anytime soon, given the intolerance of the modern left.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 3 May 2021
  • The rise of intolerance always leads right to anti-Semitism.
    — Emily Burack, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Our son Jack was born in 2013 with severe intolerance to dairy.
    — Yola Robert, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Cameron further claimed that the comments showed her intolerance and hypocrisy.
    — Elizabeth Joseph and Eric Levenson, CNN, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Take a look at where intolerance has brought us as a country today.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
  • But Japan also has some of the most restrictive cannabis laws in East Asia, a region known for its intolerance of drugs.
    — New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The answer is lactose intolerance — yes, cats can have it too.
    — Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 25 July 2022
  • Hydrolyzed whey protein is the best of these three for those with lactose intolerance.
    — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • But what ties the three together is the theme of racial intolerance, and the idea that those who ignore history are bound to repeat it.
    — Steve Chagollan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2023
  • One is simply to tolerate your friends’ intolerance — though my sense is that this won’t work for you.
    — New York Times, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Loach, to his credit, stages the intolerance of the pub crowd with humanity.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 May 2023
  • Loose, watery stools may be a side effect of certain medicines or a food intolerance.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 12 Aug. 2023
  • In some ways, the ostracism seems like what she’s wanted, living proof of her thesis on the left’s growing intolerance.
    — Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Then, there’s the climate of intolerance fostered by Hochul, building upon the works of Cuomo.
    — The Editors, National Review, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The increased gas may be due to intolerances to sugars like fructose and sorbitol.
    — Maxine Lipner, Health, 25 Sep. 2023
  • This dovetails with the push in Asia, where Rook says at least 80 percent of the population has some form of lactose intolerance.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • For him the fight against intolerance is a personal matter.
    — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • This white guy, with a bald head and dressed in a red T-shirt and jeans, is now the international poster child for racial intolerance in America.
    — Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com, 24 Oct. 2019
  • The meteoric rise in cases of gluten allergy and intolerance over the last 30 years is hardly surprising, given that today’s wheat is nothing like that of our ancestors.
    — Marie Bladt, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The issue arose when certain batches were found to contain milk that wasn't disclosed on the packaging—a critical oversight for consumers with milk allergies or lactose intolerance.
    — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024

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