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
They had retreated, leaving their instruments—a circumstance which seemed to bear hard on the Duke of Buckingham, their patron.
From Peveril of the Peak by Scott, Walter, Sir
On the other hand the rising prices would bear hard on those laborers dependent on fixed wages, though relieving the burden of fixed rents.
From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved
"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
"I wish, indeed," said Mrs. Allerton, "that some of those influential persons would be so public-spirited as to set the example of dispensing with all customs that bear hard on people in narrow circumstances."
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza
