bear up against

Example Sentences

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To bear up against nature’s indifference can be invigorating and also corrective.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2021

Ruin, poverty, all its fearful ills, stood before her in perspective, and how could Mary's fragile frame and gentle spirit bear up against them?

From Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters by Aguilar, Grace

And unable to bear up against the suddenness of the disclosure, Fleur-de-Marie fell fainting in the prince's arms.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

But I am glad to find you bear up against it so well.”

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison

Will you have the strength resolutely to bear up against this most mortifying contrast, to banish the thought of it far from you—or will it embitter—eventually perhaps crush the remainder of your existence?

From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram