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exert a force with a heavy weight
The snow bore down on the roof -
pay special attention to
The lectures bore down on the political background -
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork - contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
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exert full strength
The pitcher bore down -
exert a force or cause a strain upon
This tax bears down on the lower middle class
How To Use bear down In A Sentence
- When Devlin announces to his fellows that Alicia is ‘first, last, and always not a lady,’ his desire and regret bear down on him.
- Jack then flipped on a small screen and watched the enemy fighters bear down on the Lexington.
- In the same period Barça have had two managers, Frank Rijkaard and Guardiola, and now they bear down on their third Champions League success in five years and the likelihood of becoming the first team to defend the title successfully in its 17-year-old league and knockout format. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
- The nurse will tell you when to bear down.
- His lecture is intended to bear down on the application of acupuncture anaesthesia in brain surgery.
- The government has announced it will bear down on inflation.
- These shots were not sufficient to fetch the bear down.
- His lecture is intended to bear down on the application of acupuncture anaesthesia in brain surgery.
- As she stood there, contemplating the land, and resting, the muscles of her groin became slack and loose, and the weight of the child in her belly made her want to bear down almost instantly.
- Gunnar made men bear down the wares of his brother and himself to the ship, and when all Gunnar's baggage had come down, and the ship was all but "boun," then Gunnar rides to Bergthorsknoll, and to other homesteads to see men, and thanked them all for the help they had given him. The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor
