BEAR's Sentences and Contexts

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 Sentences of bear
Definition:
v. support; sustain; carry; have; yield; give birth; hold up or support
Example:
They studied the ways in which the relativity theory can bear on the history of science.
Sentence in Classic:
He, the fallen great one, could not bear to think that man, a being of clay, should possess the inheritance which he by his sin had forfeited for ever.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce Context
It is all very well for the man: he can go his ways as if nothing had happened, having had his moment of pleasure, but the girl has to bear the brunt.
Dubliners By James Joyce Context
The coyote skulks among the scrub, the buzzard flaps heavily through the air, and the clumsy grizzly bear lumbers through the dark ravines, and picks up such sustenance as it can amongst the rocks.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle Context
On the whole, it was most probable that the silent Englishman, being less bold or less murderous than his companion, had assisted the woman to bear the unconscious man out of the way of danger.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle Context
With your assent, I will put one or two of these papers in my pocket, in case they should bear upon our future inquiry.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle Context
In the North he lets anybody walk over him that wants to, and goes home and prays for a humble spirit to bear it.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain Context
He sat beside Gerda, for he could not bear riding backwards; the other Raven stood in the doorway, and flapped her wings; she could not accompany Gerda, because she suffered from headache since she had had a fixed appointment and ate so much.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen Context
The wind seemed as though lying in wait for her; with gleeful whistle it tried to snatch her up and bear her off, but she clung to the cold door post, and holding her skirt got down onto the platform and under the shelter of the carriages.
Anna Karenina(V1) By Leo Tolstoy Context
Moreover, this new head had the further reputation of being a bear in his manners, and was, according to all reports, a man of a class in all respects the opposite of that to which his predecessor had belonged, and to which Stepan Arkadyevitch had hitherto belonged himself.
Anna Karenina(V2) By Leo Tolstoy Context
From the moment when he had waked up and understood what was going on, Levin had prepared his mind to bear resolutely what was before him, and without considering or anticipating anything, to avoid upsetting his wife, and on the contrary to soothe her and keep up her courage.
Anna Karenina(V3) By Leo Tolstoy Context
From the third room came sounds of laughter, the shouting of familiar voices, the growling of a bear, and general commotion.
War and Peace(V1) By Leo Tolstoy Context