Relations with Sirius were at first very awkward, and I feared at one time that our presence in the same house would prove intolerable to both of us.

But they also, if circumstances change, want to be able to escape from that commitment should it prove intolerable.

However, continuing disputes with settlers proved intolerable and in 1868 Titokowaru went to war.

However, the contradiction between her need for independence and her life proved intolerable and she had a nervous breakdown in 1953.

The very notion of aid proved intolerable for a people accustomed to being treated as co-arbiter of the world's affairs.

Early synthetic versions proved intolerable when they were administered orally, which can often be hard on the liver.

The pressure of replacing Mr. Lynch proved intolerable to Morris Smith, who took over Magellan in June 1990.

The discovery of his idol's feet of clay proves intolerable to the lonely, emotionally stunted fan.

Furthermore, Lafayette Smith had recently been thinking that long weeks in the interior without the companionship of another white man might prove intolerable.

This relative penury in boom times proved intolerable for many Republicans.