BEAR in a Sentence

Learn BEAR from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
335 example sentences for BEAR, such as:
1. The bear was a fully grown adult.
2. We saw a baby polar bear at the zoo.
3. Henry was her cross and she must bear him.
4. These columns bear the weight of the roof.
5. But God would give me strength to bear it.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of BEAR
bear
 v.  have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
 v.  put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  There was nothing in her now of the well-bred Robillards who could bear with white silence anything the world might cast.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  It was harder to bear than Honey's out-and-out cattiness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  Henry was her cross and she must bear him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  Ellen had hinted before the wedding that marriage was something women must bear with dignity and fortitude, and the whispered comments of other matrons since her widowhood had confirmed this.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
5  But somehow it was easier to bear the thought of Ashley belonging to some one else when he was far away.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
6  If God should will that Ashley should be--taken, I suppose I could bear it, though I'd rather die if he died.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
7  But God would give me strength to bear it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
8  But I could not bear having him dead and not having--not having a child of his to comfort me.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
9  It brought up too many thoughts she couldn't bear thinking.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
10  When she was able to bear the sniffling noise no longer, Scarlett turned and pinched her viciously, causing Prissy to scream in good earnest before she relapsed into frightened silence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  Her burdens were her own and burdens were for shoulders strong enough to bear them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
12  She thought without surprise, looking down from her height, that her shoulders were strong enough to bear anything now, having borne the worst that could ever happen to her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
13  Tears began to stream down her face so that she could not read and her heart swelled up until she felt she could not bear the joy of it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
14  She could not bear to see him in tatters, working, her debonaire immaculate Ashley.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
15  She could endure the sight of her own child in aprons made of sacking and the girls in dingy old gingham, could bear it that Will worked harder than any field hand, but not Ashley.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
Example Sentence: (125 in 9 pages)
1  Nothing is a greater misfortune than not being able to bear misfortune.
2  She was afraid she wouldn't be able to bear the pain.
3  The bear was a fully grown adult.
4  The pain was almost more than he could bear.
5  There is a limit to the amount of pain we can bear.
6  We saw a baby polar bear at the zoo.
7  The hunter had to feign death when he suddenly found out that a bear was coming toward him.
8  Don't bear hard upon the pencil, it will break.
9  The evils we bring on ourselves are the hardest to bear.
10  He resisted the pain, tried to bring the weapon to bear.
11  The one who wants to wear a crown must bear the weight.
12  These columns bear the weight of the roof.
13  The misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
14  He who shareth honey with the bear hath the least part of it.
15  Sell the bear's skin before one has caught the bear.