Sentence examples for tolerate a compliment from inspiring English sources

He suffered fools not at all, and was unable to tolerate a compliment.

The men's disbelief mirrors the disbelief we all should still feel when such acts of everyday sexism happen to women; their surprise reminds us this should not be taken as a compliment, or brushed off, or tolerated.

"It's a compliment".

It was a compliment.

Was that a compliment?

That was a compliment.

(That is a compliment).

Is that a compliment?

What a compliment!

He accepts a compliment.

Again, not a compliment.