bear hard on
Example Sentences
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At a Washington concert a Congressman from Alabama rose in the midst of one of Ole's improvisations and shouted: "None of your highfalutin, but give us Hail Columbia, and bear hard on the treble!"
From Time Magazine Archive
The men were more inclined to bear hard on the Marchese Lamberto.
From A Siren by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus
It may bear hard on my feelings--I do not say it will not--but duty is duty, and it must be done.
From Wyandotte by Cooper, James Fenimore
General rules will bear hard on particular cases.'
From Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
"If a puff brings the boat up into the wind, then the wind don't bear hard on the sail, and it won't upset the boat."
From All Adrift or The Goldwing Club by Optic, Oliver
