How to Use bearer in a Sentence

bearer

noun

• Be the sunshine in the room instead of the bearer of bad news.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
• Cassettes passed through teenage hands like mellifluous bearer bonds.
  — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 26 Mar. 2021
• Unexpected phone rings received in the middle of the night aren’t usually the bearer of good news.
  — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
• Otis is the keeper of the flame and the flag bearer for the Temptations, there from the beginning and also a major force in that band.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
• There’s the great house girl, represented with a pot and spoon to signify her role, and a gift bearer carrying a basket with two pillows.
  — Kizzy Cox, Essence, 5 Sep. 2024
• The new standard-bearer supposedly would lack Trump’s off-putting manner that alienated swing voters.
  — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 4 Mar. 2021
• San Diego’s Stone Brewing grew into the nation’s ninth-largest craft brewery over the past 25 years by being a top flag-bearer for strong, hoppy ales.
  — Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2021
• The wee town of Tyne Valley is the mecca for a yearly oyster festival that serves as a competitive standard bearer for world-class competitors.
  — Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• Mike Glavine doesn’t like to be the bearer of bad news.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2021
• Sorry to be the bearer of bad news here, but after all of the above clues?
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 8 July 2022
• On the day of the wedding, Jacob’s 4-year-old nephew Knox served as the ring bearer.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2021
• Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but at last check, things didn’t look great.
  — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 1 Mar. 2024
• And Lake is the Trumpism standard-bearer this time around.
  — Robert Robb, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022
• As things churn along this week, the torch-bearer keeps changing.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 23 June 2021
• Matadi was the Liberian flag bearer for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
  — Jim Souhan, Star Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021
• The Niwot boys and girls have long been the standard bearers at the Class 4A level.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 16 May 2024
• What made the speech unusual was the bearer of the warning: Frankie the Dinosaur.
  — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021
• Ryan Groustra of Little Rock, nephew of the bride, was ring bearer.
  — Cary Jenkins, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2022
• The bearer of Rinna’s death knell, however, came in the form of Kathy Hilton.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 5 Jan. 2023
• Le Pen, a long-time standard-bearer for the French far-right, is on track to come in second with 23.6%.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 11 Apr. 2022
• Ugas has stepped into the role of a standard bearer for a change in his country.
  — Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2022
• And not to be the bearer of bad news, but the truth is that even the priciest mattress won’t last forever.
  — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2024
• Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but season five will be the final season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
  — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 6 Feb. 2023
• Skip tight styles Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but that high ponytail may not be worth it.
  — Celia Shatzman, Good Housekeeping, 15 Mar. 2023
• By the time the Uruguayan flag takes to the air, waving from one side of the street to the other in the hands of a proud bearer, the drums are thumping in perfect unison.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2023
• Urías is the heir to the Valenzuela legacy, the torch bearer for a fan base that is half Latino, in a city that is half Latino.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
• In recent years the program has been a standard bearer of field hockey on the West Coast.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Apr. 2021
• Their eldest child, Brooklyn Beckham, who was just 4 months at the time, served as the ring bearer.
  — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 12 Jan. 2022
• Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but your water bottle is filthy.
  — Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 16 Feb. 2023
• Formed in 1977 by Doe (who’d bring in Cervenka) and Zoom, X became the standard bearers of the punk scene.
  — Daniel Kohn, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024