bore
Example Sentences
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Each new foal bore the promise of outperforming a carefully chosen set of parents.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
"What seems to matter now is almost exclusively, 'will you promise not to bore me?'"
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Suozzi didn’t co-chair in 2024, but the invitation bore his name again, a federal filing shows.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
Large banners hanging from trees, T-shirts, badges and stickers also bore the slogan.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
It showed no variation but of tint: green, where rush and moss overgrew the marshes; black, where the dry soil bore only heath.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing bore
Beowulf vocabulary
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Mr. Popper’s Penguins
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"The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Raven"
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