Sentence examples for merely tolerable from inspiring English sources

It is a great moment when she overhears Darcy describe her as merely "tolerable" in looks, and then flings the word in his face before walking insouciantly away.

To date, our efforts to aid Iraqis in all these areas have failed, but I hope that with guidance from our new Congressional leadership, we can change the course and surpass a merely tolerable outcome in Iraq.

"The question that Gus posits to us is: Will we ultimately be able to make the changes we need to make, or is it simply the case that life under a free-market, capitalist society is merely tolerable?

Amplify the amazing instead of the merely tolerable.

It is shameful that we should think of human lives as merely "tolerable".

The pieces Poulenc found merely tolerable were all early works: Trois mouvements perpétuels dates from 1919, the Suite in C from 1920 and the Trois pièces from 1928.

Noise levels are high but tolerable.

The pain was considerable, but tolerable.

"Very cold but tolerable if appropriately dressed".

As Carpenter notes, he "articulated the substantive idea that sexual intimacy among gay Americans was a good thing, not merely a tolerable thing".

His thesis is that such a16z failures as Fab and Rockmelt and Digg and Kno are not merely a tolerable by-product of the risk algorithm but a vital indicator of it.