Bears

Examples

• It bears out what I made of it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The load is supported by 6 strands, and each strand bears one sixth of the load. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Enough then of the perfect State, and of the man who bears its image--there is no difficulty in seeing how we shall describe him. Plato. The Republic.
• I see Her with a child upon her bosom, who bears my name. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• His authority and consideration depend very much upon the respect which this society bears to him. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• IV The course of this narrative, steadily flowing on, bears me away from the morning-time of our married life, and carries me forward to the end. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• From this sheet is cut a blank, which bears little resemblance to a spoon, being about half the length of the finished article and very much wider. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• My father bears it better. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The beneficent effect of their activities on the health and general welfare of the masses of the people bears witness to the sanity and worth of the culture th at prompted these activities. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The process bears as much resemblance to statecraft as sitting backward on a runaway horse does to horsemanship. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• A little incident bears on this point. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• There were bears on the Gran Sasso D'Italia but it was a long way. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Phil bears down upon them according to his usual tactics. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Rosamond turned to Lydgate, smiling gently, and said, You perceive, the bears will not always be taught. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• As will be seen, this machine bears but little resemblance to any of the modern machines, but it embodied the three essential features which characterize most all practical machines, viz. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Says you, Pumblechook went on, 'Joseph, I have seen that man, and that man bears you no malice and bears me no malice. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• She bears it beyond anything, said her mother when she was gone. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The emphasis which directs his thinking bears most heavily upon the mechanics of life--only perfunctorily upon the ability of the men who are to use them. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• There are no traces of lions or true tigers at that time in Europe, but there were bears, otters, wolves, and a wild boar. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Look for the Knight of the Fetterlock, fair Rebecca, and see how he bears himself; for as the leader is, so will his followers be. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• If you do not already know it, you will soon learn the deep hate my mother bears to the name Verney. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It bears the stamp of British court intrigue, and the signature of your king. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• That army will fight in any cause that bears the name. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• That such abuses were far from being uncommon, the ancient history of every country in Europe bears witness. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Mr. Mallory mentions a little fact that bears on this exceptional quality of bodily powers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• An odd volume of a set of books bears not the value of its proportion to the set: what think you of the odd half of a pair of scissors? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Upon the last lid's polished field-- Legend now both fair and true A gallant knight bears on his shield, Amy in letters gold and blue. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• A second legend bears him to the sea-shore. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Edison had read about bears, but couldn't remember whether they were day or night prowlers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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