I had never once considered what it might be like if he were merely tolerated.

Or did they merely tolerate each other when there was meat to share?

"I don't want to be someone whose presence is merely tolerated."

They are appreciated - some would say merely tolerated - for their power.

A partner's partners should be accepted as part of that person's life rather than merely tolerated.

And that's something to not merely tolerate, but value.

So the parents are sent to separate households and merely tolerated by the next generations.

After at first being merely tolerated, they afterwards obtained approval.

It is incredible that men such as he be tolerated merely because they have inherited a title.