How to Use bear down in a Sentence

bear down

verb

• With a rusher bearing down on him, Stafford flipped a pass to Thomas in the back of the end zone.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2019
• Winds were howling, and heat bore down as flames licked the trees on the horizon.
  — Claire Galofaro and Matt Sedensky, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023
• The bad tooth proved obstinate, and the dentist had to bear down.
  — Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2019
• New York would not be the first state to bear down on its hospice sector.
  — Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2022
• Locals sometimes lament when a new chain in town bears down on a mom-and-pop shop.
  — Chang-Tai Hsieh and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2020
• The deadly storm bore down on the Bahamas over the weekend with sustained winds of 185 mph.
  — Thomas Frank, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2019
• This has been a year when the crises of the recent past continued to bear down, often in grim new ways.
  — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Dec. 2021
• Twice in his eight-year career, he’s been tipped off that an edge-rusher was bearing down on him by the roar of the crowd.
  — cleveland, 25 Mar. 2020
• Or when Aaron Donald is bearing down on him this week as the Rams fight for their playoff lives?
  — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2019
• The hosts, who were outshot 13-2 in the first period, had plenty of chances but either missed the net or failed to bear down.
  — Ross McKeon, SFChronicle.com, 1 Feb. 2020
• The 11-horse field thundered out of the final turn, with favorite McKinzie in the lead and Vino Rosso bearing down on him.
  — Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2019
• This new wave of storms is bearing down on areas already buried by heavy snowfall from the past two weeks.
  — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
• But matters of the heart take a backseat as a raging wildfire bears down on the town and its residents.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2023
• Place another towel on top of the pillow, and bear down to squeeze out more water.
  — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2022
• The wildlife agency has put up large container-sized traps in the area and intend to put the bear down after it's captured.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2022
• The high temperatures are forecast to bear down through next week.
  — Time, 10 July 2023
• Houston’s defense has given up a lot of yards through the first two games, but has been able to bear down in the red zone and limit scoring.
  — Kristie Rieken, Chron, 19 Sep. 2022
• The troops are forced to set out—their hostage in tow—through the jungle to find a new base, and the pressure of the situation bears down on their sense of collectivism.
  — N.e.g., The Economist, 16 Sep. 2019
• Now, a storm began to bear down on the mountain, which further unsettled Trevor.
  — Jr Sullivan, Field & Stream, 23 Dec. 2020
• The storm is bearing down on the state’s Big Bend region, where the peninsula meets the panhandle along the Gulf of Mexico.
  — Jon Kamp, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2023
• The death toll is rising as life-threatening heat continues to bear down on both U.S. coasts.
  — Mola Lenghi, CBS News, 30 June 2021
• There’s a good deal of padding around the band, which is meant to disperse the weight across your whole skull as opposed to bearing down on one pressure point at the crown of your head.
  — Wired, 15 Oct. 2019
• Although Arti had risen before dawn to train, the oppressive heat bore down on her.
  — Shalini Venugopal Bhagat Andrea Bruce, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2023
• Then the Golden Globes are bearing down on us on January 7, so enjoy the break and get ready for this all to start churning once again.
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2023
• But Saturday in Toyota the Japanese were favorites and the pressure bore down on them to not mess up.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2019
• Feather, however, bore down and got the final three outs on two strikeouts and a fielder’s choice.
  — Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2023
• As the civilian vessel bore down, the panicked officers squabbled about what to do.
  — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2019
• And in a revamped final scene, Shields bears down on the harm done to women by male paranoia, the cure for which must be liberation.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• As the shadow of an entire Realm bears down on the unlikeliest of moons, a battle over the fate of a galaxy is waged, and in the process, a new army of heroes is formed.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Nov. 2023
• Position the sharp edge on your chunk of cheese (medium-hard varieties work best), and gently bear down to carve thin, equal pieces.
  — Megan Zhang, Bon Appétit, 6 July 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024