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
The same sense of humour enabled him to bear up against the forced rests that increasing slackness brought the hand-weavers, while the factories whirred on.
From Ghetto Tragedies by Zangwill, Israel
She had evidently passed a night of great sorrow, and seemed with difficulty to bear up against the calamitous tidings of which he was the bearer.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
During some days he seemed, however, to bear up against his misfortunes, and performed in some pieces, including The Stranger, with much success.
From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland
Till now I have contrived to bear up against my woes in secret; nay, they gave me strength and consolation: but now, I know not how it is, you have loosened the bands of silence.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
