bore on
Example Sentences
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In July 1901, an effigy hanging near the entrance of the home bore on its chest a placard reading “1/4 master” — quartermaster, the man in charge of survival basics such as food and water.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024
Other tributes included the hashtag #42, the number Myre bore on his jersey.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2021
Every time you tell someone you don’t like Marmite, they bore on at you for ages about how much umami her new album adds to stews and bologneses.
From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2020
If he thought offenses bore on Manhattan, he could chase offenders far afield.
From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2019
Merry bowed, and the lady showed him the shield, which was like the shield that had been given to Gimli, and it bore on it the device of the white horse.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
