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
The most robust could only bear up against it a few days.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
Ruin, poverty, all its fearful ills, stood before her in perspective, and how could Mary's fragile frame and gentle spirit bear up against them?
From Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters by Aguilar, Grace
He has no power to bear up against it, and goes away by himself, and cries bitterly, sonorously, and towards the last, I suspect, rather ostentatiously.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various
