bear up

Example Sentences

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To bear up under the higher stress, the PDK’s clutches, gearsets and bevel gear have all been reinforced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

"Was it because you had no answers to give to the police that would bear up to scrutiny?"

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023

Residents bear up as best they can, but are exasperated as well.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2022

One study from a group of international economists estimates that high-income countries could bear up to half of the global economic losses arising from global vaccine inequity.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2022

Let me be prosaic so far as facts can be; it will help me to bear up, and imagination must not run riot with me.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker