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

"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

Here is comfort sufficient to make a Christian bear up against the hardships and reproaches he is exposed to in his warfare.

From True Christianity by Arndt, Johann

But, gaining hope from Nellie's smiles, Dick was ready to bear up against the old man's fit of rage.

From Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life by King, Charles

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 Weyman, Stanley J.