How to Use intolerant in a Sentence
intolerant
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This recipe is for even the most intolerant of housemates.
— Washington Post, 29 June 2021 -
Don't plant it near shade-intolerant plants that hops could crowd out.
— Kym Pokorny, OregonLive.com, 7 Jan. 2018 -
Even a bite or two of the wrong food can create inflammation in a body intolerant to it.
— Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 14 Feb. 2024 -
Yeah, the '70s had a deeply intolerant, downright scary side, much like today.
— Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2020 -
In an intolerant climate, Jean is forced to lead a double life.
— K.j. Yossman, Variety, 21 May 2022 -
But in many cases, because of an intolerant society, that’s the space of fear they’re kept in.
— Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2019 -
There is an economic price for states that are seen as intolerant, the index says.
— Charisse Jones, USA TODAY, 1 June 2022 -
The baby has a 50/50 chance of being lactose intolerant, which Tyler Browning was as a child.
— Allison Eatough, baltimoresun.com, 13 Dec. 2017 -
Ice cream is known to cause bloating and gas in people who are lactose intolerant.
— Beth Decarbo, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2021 -
Males are intolerant of other rival males and will fight to protect their turf.
— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 June 2023 -
McConaughey said part of the problem is how intolerant some on the Left have become to Christian views.
— Michael Lee, Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2020 -
Someone can be intolerant to the lactose in milk, but will not have an immune response.
— Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024 -
Goat milk and sheep milk is naturally A2 type milk, and people that are lactose intolerant and such have kind of gone down that road over the years.
— Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2020 -
Ms. Prueitt, who is gluten-intolerant, has built a deep repertoire of desserts that are gluten-free but wanting in no other respect.
— Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 25 May 2017 -
The oil-rich kingdom was then — and remains now — one of the most repressive and religiously intolerant regimes in the world.
— Erick Trickey, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2018 -
What’s happening in Haiti is an example of the harsh, intolerant place the world has become.
— Byran Harlan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2022 -
The Kim family leaders who have ruled North Korea since its founding are revered as demigods and the state is seen as one of the most intolerant in the world of religion.
— Jihye Lee / Bloomberg, Time, 3 Dec. 2019 -
Goldstein created the bars in 2020 because he and his two young sons are gluten-intolerant.
— Marc Bona, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2022 -
For the lactose intolerant or those who just want to cut back on dairy, almond milk is a beloved alternative.
— Shay Spence, PEOPLE.com, 4 Oct. 2017 -
The goal of the restaurant was to cater to gluten-intolerant people and those with celiac disease, who rarely find any purchase in Italian restaurants.
— Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2022 -
The soft serve at Yoga-urt is made with almonds and cashews, allowing even the most lactose-intolerant among us to indulge.
— Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2021 -
The right’s right to opinion Why is the left so intolerant and afraid to allow other opinions? Can’t their beliefs stand up to scrutiny?
— Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2019 -
Collectively, these were songs meant to check the power-drunk, the intolerant, the warmongering, the racist.
— Jason Parham, WIRED, 9 May 2018 -
Terry Moseby felt that the Rodney King verdict transported him back to the intolerant South of his youth.
— New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022 -
When the climate warmed, the landscape transitioned to dense, temperate rain forests that were intolerant of fire.
— Quanta Magazine, 29 Nov. 2021 -
Einstein was lactose intolerant and thus did not succumb to the illness.
— Hart Pomerantz, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2019 -
Our district has been seen in a negative light due to the aggressive and intolerant behavior of a few.
— Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2022 -
And yet, it’s been said that nearly 70% of the population could be lactose intolerant.
— Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022 -
The party that was intolerant of book banning is now censoring speech on social media.
— Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2024 -
Were there not even these inducements to moderation, nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties.
— Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2024
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