bearing down

Example Sentences

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The challenge of rebuilding a depleted workforce, restoring morale, and doing it under deadline, with another busy travel season and a major global event already bearing down, seems to be building every day.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

"And it will have absolutely in mind protecting our public services, particularly the NHS, cutting our debt, and dealing with the cost of living, bearing down on the cost of living."

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

Mbeumo too worked hard and had it not been for the exceptional pace of USA international Antonee Robinson would have been bearing down on the Fulham goal in the latter stages of the game.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025

We took the days as they came and moved on from one hill to the next, bearing down on our emotions, keeping them in check.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2000

But unlike Adams, I was unaccustomed to peering down at cumulonimbus cells from 29,000 feet, and I therefore remained ignorant of the storm that was even then bearing down.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer