bear up against
Example Sentences
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To bear up against nature’s indifference can be invigorating and also corrective.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2021
Will you have the strength resolutely to bear up against this most mortifying contrast, to banish the thought of it far from you—or will it embitter—eventually perhaps crush the remainder of your existence?
From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram
"You are strong, Hellinger," she said, "bear up against the door; perhaps you may succeed in breaking the lock."
From The Wish A Novel by Sudermann, Hermann
The Hand that sent the misfortune, as we think it, upon us, will enable us to bear up against it.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
And difficult it is to see how human strength could bear up against such a certainty, where the vision was of ill.
From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy
