bearing up

Example Sentences

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"She's bearing up really well. She is getting on with her life at university," he said.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2021

“She seemed very strong and really bearing up very well, I thought,” she recalled.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2018

But life among the little women isn’t all bearing up under adversity, even if the March girls lack the guile of Becky Sharp, the peerless schemer in Thackeray’s “Vanity Fair.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2018

With my camera zoom, I am able to capture one bearing up on its hind legs.

From Washington Times • Sep. 7, 2017

But I didn’t feel brave nor like bearing up.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier