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
Against the accusation—against its fearful penalty—his own stout heart could sustain him; but how bear up against the contempt and the abhorrence of his fellow-men!
From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
However, it was doubtless owing to this persistent optimism inculcated by her father that Ethel herself was enabled to bear up against the drab monotony of her life.
From Chance in Chains A Story of Monte Carlo by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger
And difficult it is to see how human strength could bear up against such a certainty, where the vision was of ill.
From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy
Mr Rivers could not bear up against this continual current of misfortune.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.
