bearing up
Example Sentences
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Ms Blanco Rayo says her daughter is bearing up well, but that some girls "won't even leave their house".
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2023
Housebound, nervous, not quite sure how one’s partner is bearing up, looking for signs of anxiety — loving, supporting, alert to problems, ready to help.
From Washington Post • May 21, 2020
But life among the little women isn’t all bearing up under adversity, even if the March girls lack the guile of Becky Sharp, the peerless schemer in Thackeray’s “Vanity Fair.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2018
With my camera zoom, I am able to capture one bearing up on its hind legs.
From Washington Times • Sep. 7, 2017
But I didn’t feel brave nor like bearing up.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
