bore upon
Example Sentences
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Chairman Sophie Irene Loeb, President of the Child Welfare Board, began the speechmaking, all of which bore upon uniform national laws concerning child protection and widows' pensions.
From Time Magazine Archive
L—— was handsome; besides, he bore upon his person the evidence of a higher quality—courage; the quality that, before all others, will win the heart of a woman.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various
Mangèlè bore upon his broad back an old man whose feet had completely crumbled away.
From By Veldt and Kopje by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
If there seemed to be the least chance that a horse could be caught, down he bore upon him full tilt, shouting, 'Now for it!
From The Freedmen's Book by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
If you charged him here with obtaining money under false pretenses, you could produce no testimony except such as bore upon the specific act alleged in your complaint; all other testimony would be ruled out.
From Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives by Pinkerton, Allan
