bear with

Example Sentences

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What if, and bear with me here, the wild gyrations in gold and silver prices are actually telling us something?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

We may be a little rusty, so bear with us.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026

The fake videos included one in which an old woman fed apples to a bear, and another in which an unarmed high school student fended off a bear with her bare hands.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

But there was an intriguing undertow below all this that wasn’t readily discernible; bear with me for a minute while we work through it.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2025

The thunder god fell to the earth, and the villagers could see that it was a blue pig or bear with horns and fleshy wings.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston