Bear up Sentence Examples

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  • Unable to bear up against the Dominican's fiery denunciations, the sovereigns, three months after the fall of Granada, issued a decree ordering every Jew either to embrace Christianity or to leave the country, four months being given to make up their minds; and those who refused to become Christians to order had leave to sell their property and carry off their effects.

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  • Thus, abandoned by his consort, De Torres, compelled to bear up for the Philippines to refit, discovered and sailed through the strait that bears his name, and may even have caught a glimpse of the northern coast of the Australian continent.

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  • They found that fortifying the wines with brandy did the trick, helping the wines bear up under the ship's vibration and high temperatures.

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  • It holds an 18 inch laptop and can bear up to three pounds of weight, making it both stylish and tough.

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