Sentence examples for tolerate cold from inspiring English sources

(Women are better able to tolerate cold water, and it became traditional for them to support their families by selling their catch).

Kuro Delight, a maroon-red semidouble, will tolerate cold snaps down to minus 15, but may not be available for another year or so.

Two centuries later, our food is bred largely for the convenience of producers: vegetables that ship well and tolerate cold storage, grains that resist insects and can be mechanically harvested, animals that fatten quickly on minimal feed.

One explanation is that women generally have more subcutaneous fat and can tolerate cold water for longer periods; another theory is that fishing close to the shoreline seemed a natural job for women while their husbands ventured offshore in their boats.

Many plants are equipped with proteins that enable them to tolerate cold weather.

During cold stress, Fv/Fm values decrease slightly in plants that tolerate cold, but decrease significantly in plants that are sensitive to cold (Bonnecarrère et al. [2011]; Zahedi and Alahrnadi [2007]).

In other words, reptiles can tolerate colder temperatures much better than they can tolerate higher ones.

Markets for seed that could tolerate colder northern climates had not generally been developed prior to SMCRA.

It can tolerate colder, snowier climates than mainland serows.

Male ruffs may also be able to tolerate colder winter conditions because they are larger than females.

Other tilapia species, such as blue tilapia [Oreochromis auratus; 7°C; 90] and redbelly tilapia [Tilapia zilli; some survival at 6.5°C; 91] are known to tolerate colder temperatures than Nile tilapia.