bore
Example Sentences
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Even if you never bore witness to that outrageous performance, its elemental alchemy vibrates in the band’s most popular songs, each of them calling to us with purpose.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
"What seems to matter now is almost exclusively, 'will you promise not to bore me?'"
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Large banners hanging from trees, T-shirts, badges and stickers also bore the slogan.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
Brontë was dead before it bore her name.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
We gathered them with flying fingers and greedy hearts and bore them away in triumph, with a glow at least as bright as the sun on those shining scales.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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