BEAR in a Sentence

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335 example sentences for BEAR, such as:

1. A light heart can bear everything.
2. Catch the bear before you sell his skin.
3. Henry was her cross and she must bear him.
4. But God would give me strength to bear it.
5. It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others.

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 Meanings and Examples of BEAR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
bear
 n.  a large, heavy, mammal with thick fur and a very short tail
 v.  accept, tolerate, or endure something, especially something unpleasant
 v.  have or continue to have something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  There was nothing in her now of the well-bred Robillards who could bear with white silence anything the world might cast.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  It was harder to bear than Honey's out-and-out cattiness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  Henry was her cross and she must bear him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  Ellen had hinted before the wedding that marriage was something women must bear with dignity and fortitude, and the whispered comments of other matrons since her widowhood had confirmed this.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
5  But somehow it was easier to bear the thought of Ashley belonging to some one else when he was far away.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
6  If God should will that Ashley should be--taken, I suppose I could bear it, though I'd rather die if he died.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
7  But God would give me strength to bear it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
8  But I could not bear having him dead and not having--not having a child of his to comfort me.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
9  It brought up too many thoughts she couldn't bear thinking.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
10  When she was able to bear the sniffling noise no longer, Scarlett turned and pinched her viciously, causing Prissy to scream in good earnest before she relapsed into frightened silence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  Her burdens were her own and burdens were for shoulders strong enough to bear them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
12  She thought without surprise, looking down from her height, that her shoulders were strong enough to bear anything now, having borne the worst that could ever happen to her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
13  Tears began to stream down her face so that she could not read and her heart swelled up until she felt she could not bear the joy of it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
14  She could not bear to see him in tatters, working, her debonaire immaculate Ashley.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
15  She could endure the sight of her own child in aprons made of sacking and the girls in dingy old gingham, could bear it that Will worked harder than any field hand, but not Ashley.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
Example Sentence: (125 in 9 pages)
16  Do not sell the bear's skin before you have caught the bear.
17  Catch the bear before you sell his skin.
18  Don't bear hard on the pencil, it will break.
19  The chief cadre in charge should bear greater responsibility.
20  Consumers will have to bear the full cost of these pay increases.
21  I can't afford to bear the deep feeling is the burden, sweet prattle just happened to cash lies.
22  Each company will bear half the costs of development.
23  It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others.
24  We watched the bear coax its cubs to enter the water.
25  A light heart can bear everything.
26  If you'll bear with me, Frank, just let me try to explain.
27  His mannerisms bear a strong likeness to those of his father.
28  I can't afford to bear the deep feeling is the burden, sweet prattle.
29  As generation gap exists, we must bear in mind that the younger people might not like that idea.
30  I really don't want to go but I guess I'll just have to grin and bear it.