How to Use bear down in a Sentence

bear down

verb

• Rosé has not just jumped the shark, it's jumped the whale next to the shark and the cruise ship bearing down on the whale.
  — Patrick Comiskey, latimes.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• For the fourth time in three weeks, a nor’easter is bearing down on New York City.
  — Adam K. Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, 21 Mar. 2018
• The ad closed with the silhouette of a man on a grassy slope, staring the bear down.
  — Sophie Pinkham, The New Republic, 3 May 2018
• 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
• Jackson dropped a nice bounce pass to Drummond, who bore down on the rim.
  — Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2017
• 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
• Not to mention there’s a zombie horde bearing down from the north.
  — Tom Philip, GQ, 31 Aug. 2017
• Amid a losing streak, the Red Wings are bearing down and fighting.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2018
• 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
• As the government bears down, three things are worth keeping in mind.
  — Bloomberg View, Twin Cities, 7 June 2019
• Jose Altuve beared down and Odor's foot missed second base.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Not with the school funding drama bearing down on them.
  — The Kansas City Star's Editorial Board, kansascity, 4 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Instead, your brain should kind of notice that big truck that’s bearing down on you.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
• 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 system could sense when the car was bearing down too quickly on someone’s rear bumper up ahead.
  — Fortune, 31 May 2018
• Nelson beared down and struck out the next hitter who attempted a squeeze bunt.
  — Dan Shulman, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2018
• New video shows the fiery wrath of Kilauea bearing down on the neighborhood of Leilani Estates.
  — CBS News, 8 May 2018
• Even bearing down on his 33rd birthday, the Rockets’ Chris Paul retains the mantle as the game’s best pure point guard.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2018
• The first episode ended with a big cliffhanger, as Klingon warships bore down on the Shenzhou.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2017
• 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
• Sitting 4-over par after six holes, Rose bore down, salvaged his round and ended his day in the mix.
  — Edgar Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• 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
• The discovery was made as the storm was bearing down on the area before making landfall as a Category 3 storm with 120 mph winds later that night.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2024
• Massive trucks carrying thousands of gallons of milk bore down the narrow road, and three men dressed in full regalia used their spurs to whirl sweating horses past us at a full gallop.
  — Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024