How to Use intolerance in a Sentence

intolerance

noun
  • 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
  • This can help pinpoint whether a food intolerance is to blame.
    — Women's Health, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Yep, there was lactose intolerance back in the very old days.
    — Caron Golden, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 June 2018
  • This gives your body time to respond if there's an intolerance.
    — Lindsey Desoto, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Some of us know about intolerance.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Take a look at where intolerance has brought us as a country today.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
  • Yet in the past few years, religious intolerance has been on the rise.
    — The Economist, 20 Sep. 2019
  • 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 answer is lactose intolerance — yes, cats can have it too.
    — Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 25 July 2022
  • Your eczema symptoms may start or get worse due to a food allergy or intolerance.
    — Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Cameron further claimed that the comments showed her intolerance and hypocrisy.
    — Elizabeth Joseph and Eric Levenson, CNN, 6 Oct. 2020
  • No, this massacre was a function of hate—the kind of toxic intolerance in its purest form.
    — TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Loose, watery stools may be a side effect of certain medicines or a food intolerance.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Be sure to look for signs of gas or bloating, which may indicate intolerance.
    — Larell Scardelli, Verywell Health, 5 Mar. 2025
  • There's also a dark — a dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the Party.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 14 Jan. 2013
  • Hydrolyzed whey protein is the best of these three for those with lactose intolerance.
    — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 28 Aug. 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
  • These walls — once produced out of fear and intolerance, now symbolize peace and progress.
    — Rick Stevestribune Content Agency, The Seattle Times, 11 Sep. 2018
  • For a while, the two characters go at each other with a yin-and-yang of toxic intolerance.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026
  • Even right from the beginning, the film does not hide from ugly truths of intolerance and bigotry.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 1 May 2019
  • The shaming may not end anytime soon, given the intolerance of the modern left.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 3 May 2021
  • To me, that’s a sign of growing self-assurance, not intolerance.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • To me, that’s a sign of growing self-assurance, not intolerance.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Corn is a gluten-free option for people with celiac disease or gluten intolerance.
    — Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The promise has been kept, amid recurring acts of intolerance.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
  • Loach, to his credit, stages the intolerance of the pub crowd with humanity.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 May 2023
  • People with dairy intolerance may do better starting with miso or tempeh.
    — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The trend extends far beyond those with celiac disease or gluten intolerance.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Our son Jack was born in 2013 with severe intolerance to dairy.
    — Yola Robert, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022

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