bear up against
Example Sentences
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To bear up against nature’s indifference can be invigorating and also corrective.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2021
For a while his will had reacted, he had seemed to bear up against the blow, but age will be served, and of late he had grown more silent and apathetic.
From Ovington's Bank by Stanley J. Weyman
Her nature, exceedingly refined and retiring, revolted, but no one in the Revelly family can bear up against the combined wills of Paul and Miss Claudia.
From Come Out of the Kitchen! A Romance by Alice Duer Miller
"Your calamity is a heavy one, but mine is harder to bear up against."
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
I rose to leave; my self-control was not strong enough for me to bear up against these repeated attacks.
From One of My Sons by Anna Katharine Green
