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 Weyman, Stanley J.

Ruin, poverty, all its fearful ills, stood before her in perspective, and how could Mary's fragile frame and gentle spirit bear up against them?

From Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters by Aguilar, Grace

Mr Rivers could not bear up against this continual current of misfortune.

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.

But how should I pray! or how bear up against my grief?

From Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Bayle, Pierre