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exert a force with a heavy weight
The snow bore down on the roof - sail towards another vessel, of a ship
How To Use bear down on In A Sentence
- Waves thick with slimy oil bear down on pristine beaches from Texas to Florida. Times, Sunday Times
- Seven minutes later, a ball from midfield caught out Alcide and saw the pacy Gordon bear down on goal on the right.
- His lecture is intended to bear down on the application of acupuncture anaesthesia in brain surgery.
- The enemy warship tried to bear down on our small airboat.
- When Devlin announces to his fellows that Alicia is ‘first, last, and always not a lady,’ his desire and regret bear down on him.
- 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.
- His lecture is intended to bear down on the application of acupuncture anaesthesia in brain surgery.
- 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
- Jack then flipped on a small screen and watched the enemy fighters bear down on the Lexington.