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
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
How could people accustomed to ease and comfort bear up against such hardships?
From Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 by Wingate, F. R.
When, however, the weight of any misfortune comes, when the time arrives that they have to bear up against the hard pressure of life, these fellows come forth in their true colors, swindlers and cheats.
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Lever, Charles James
Their own narrow fortunes, the very straits and privations of poverty, with all their cruel wounds to honest pride, and all their sore trials of temper, she could bear up against with an undaunted courage.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
