bearing down
Example Sentences
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With the forward bearing down on goal in the dying stages, Young cynically hacked him down on the edge of the area, preventing a near-certain goal.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025
“He’s bearing down, and he’s not trying to give at-bats away,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025
Chris Heinrich will never forget the winter day he and his family evacuated their home in Altadena, California, as a vertical wall of flame was slowly bearing down on their neighborhood from the mountains.
From Slate • Jul. 25, 2025
He struggles to describe the relief he felt seeing the bright orange boat bearing down on him.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2025
Exhausted, many sleep so soundly they do not hear the trains bearing down on them: the earsplitting horn, the screaming brakes.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
