bear out

Example Sentences

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Statistics on their par-saving success bear out their confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

“What she said really doesn’t bear out in terms of what the facts that are available tell us,” Fleischman said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026

After weeks of unsuccessfully setting out caramel- and cherry-flavored bait and noisemakers in the hopes of flushing the bear out, it seemed like all of the efforts had paid off last week.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025

Studies bear out the various health benefits of money.

From Slate • Jan. 1, 2025

Through the portcullis there came a sorrowful howling to bear out Sir Grummore’s statement, as it had been thirty couple of hounds baying the moon.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White