bear hard on
Example Sentences
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At a Washington concert a Congressman from Alabama rose in the midst of one of Ole's improvisations and shouted: "None of your highfalutin, but give us Hail Columbia, and bear hard on the treble!"
From Time Magazine Archive
"I wish, indeed," said Mrs. Allerton, "that some of those influential persons would be so public-spirited as to set the example of dispensing with all customs that bear hard on people in narrow circumstances."
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza
I have not scrupled to bear hard on my own university, on the Royal Society, and on other respectable existences: being very much the friend of all.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene
They had retreated, leaving their instruments—a circumstance which seemed to bear hard on the Duke of Buckingham, their patron.
From Peveril of the Peak by Scott, Walter, Sir
"If a puff brings the boat up into the wind, then the wind don't bear hard on the sail, and it won't upset the boat."
From All Adrift or The Goldwing Club by Optic, Oliver
