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Recent Examples of intolerable Canada is retaliating, auto industry will suffer While China has yet to retaliate to defend such retailers, for Canada, the tariffs are considered so intolerable that the country immediately ordered tariffs on beverages, cosmetics, and paper products flowing from the US, AP News reported. Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025 Doctors warned my wife that her treatment would be brutal: Her five weekly radiation doses over two months would burn her skin, probably make swallowing food and water intolerable and potentially damage her salivary glands for years or even the rest of her life. Paul Thornton, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2025 Yet the current situation of Hamas governing 2 million individuals, oppressing and shooting them over trivial matters, is equally intolerable. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025 That is why there is growing recognition that the status quo is intolerable. Kenneth Roth, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for intolerable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intolerable
Adjective
  • If you’ve been hurt before—through rejection, betrayal or emotional invalidation—exposing your emotions again can seem unbearable.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Merit’s day-to-day and intertwining troubles provide a comforting indie-film blanket for the audience, reminiscent of any coming-of-age story where the hero endures minor mishaps while escaping the unbearable.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The day before Tanna Rae died, the U.S. National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for all of Arizona, coinciding with temperatures rising past 110 degrees.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
  • There lies the problem: the intention to customize is honorable, but the execution—excessive repetition—like the extra spaces in Mail Merge, backfires.
    Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • While the Midwest and the South are bracing for possible severe storms Friday and Saturday, on Thursday there was a critical risk of fire in Texas and other parts of the Great Plains — and the extreme danger will continue into the weekend.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Just one-eightieth of the resulting savings, or $324 billion, could eradicate global extreme poverty.
    David Vetter, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Your voice is insane.
    Mary Colurso | mcolurso@al.com, al, 4 Apr. 2023
  • But obviously winning the grand jury prize was insane.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023
Adjective
  • In the face of steep new duties—especially on China—footwear brands will also be forced to raise prices.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The dual pressures of addiction and burnout are exacting a steep toll on America’s entrepreneurs and executives.
    Jaime Catmull, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This fresh, modern reimagining of Ang Lee’s 1993 classic by Andrew Ahn follows a group of friends who need to get married for convenience—until family arrives, and the plan spirals into extravagant, chaotic mayhem.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
  • One of the more extravagant is Maass by chef Ryan Ratino.
    Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025

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“Intolerable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intolerable. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

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