bringing to bear
Example Sentences
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The Easterbook approach is certainly open to question—teaching, even in a public high school, involves bringing to bear informed expertise of the kind that academic freedom under the First Amendment arguably should protect.
From Slate • Jul. 1, 2022
KBR has toggled cannily between leveraging personal ties to the government and, when necessary, bringing to bear the impersonal might of expensive legal teams.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2022
The weapons he’s now bringing to bear, including executive orders and the U.S. military, were already well prepared for him.
From Salon • Nov. 6, 2018
Furthermore, our more questing artists increasingly assume the role of healers contending with an ailing Earth, collectively sickened psyches and fractured societies, bringing to bear a myriad of unexpected skills.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2018
I reasoned with them for a long time, bringing to bear all the arguments I had heard advanced at various times during our discussions in Danny Randall’s back room.
From Gold by White, Stewart Edward
