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

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

But I could not bear up against the agony of my feelings, as I was at length forced to admit the horrible conviction.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 by Various

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

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 Miller, Alice Duer