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
Nor was the new Viceroy of a temper to bear hard on the feeble remains of the native aristocracy.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
It may bear hard on my feelings--I do not say it will not--but duty is duty, and it must be done.
From Wyandotte by Cooper, James Fenimore
These men bear hard on the suspected party.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
