How to Use bear in a Sentence

bear

1 of 2 noun

• The bears outnumbered the bulls on Wall Street today.
• But the hope is that most of the bears killed will be male.
  — Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 17 Jan. 2024
• Deano emerged and watched the bears rove around the gas station.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
• When Shirlee knocked, a big bear of a man opened the door.
  — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• Where did the 'bull' and 'bear' terms come from anyway?
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2023
• Each bear cub was the size of a potato and their eyes were still closed.
  — Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 29 Feb. 2024
• Most bears shot in the wild will be more than palatable.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024
• The type of bear has not been confirmed, the wildlife agency said.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2023
• The only question is ... which of the three bears is Big Bear?
  — Silas Sloan, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
• In the video, Oppenheimer is shocked to spot the bear near his lounge chair.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023
• There was enough evidence to show bears were in the area.
  — Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2023
• The bear released the woman and fled, the department said.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 2 July 2023
• One takeaway from that is that tigers aren’t afraid of bears.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 21 Feb. 2024
• This story is kind of like that, but with more golf and less bears.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 10 May 2023
• On Wednesday, the team arrived on the scene once more, only this time, the bear was not in the cave.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 14 Oct. 2023
• The rescue team left the cave and set up trail cameras to track when the bear left the cave, the Facebook post says.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 14 Oct. 2023
• This marks the first time a bear has been captured and radio-collared in the range.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• The bear obliges and soon scampers off into the woods after stepping out of the truck.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
• There are two bear cubs still in care at the Ramona Wildlife Center.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
• There are lots of bears in this area, so a bear canister is a must.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Dec. 2023
• Resting behind one side of the couch is a small bear statue.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
• On the other hand, the bears want to see the stock fall sharply after earnings are announced.
  — Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• Trump, bear in mind, is the idol of Republicans from coast to coast.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Mar. 2024
• The bear responded by biting her in the right hand and then fleeing.
  — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 3 July 2023
• Come morning, all this would be vines, bracken, and bears.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2023
• The bear would come back days later, according to the timestamps on Marsh’s trail cam footage.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023
• On the other hand, Tesla’s bears came out firing this week.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
• The cables that had once secured the bear had been cut, and there were drag marks on the floor from where the thieves dragged the 500-pound piece of taxidermy across the balcony.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 1 Feb. 2024
• The bear had no history of conflict with humans and was 25 years old.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
• If bears are roaming the valley, let someone else be their meal.
  — Taymour Soomro Scott Conarroe, New York Times, 10 May 2023

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bear

2 of 2 verb

• Who will bear the blame for this tragedy?
• The company agreed to bear the costs.
• The criminals must bear full responsibility for the deaths of these innocent people.
• They were born over there [in the U.S.] and didn’t mean to offend.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2023
• The small, rural town of Louin bore the brunt of the damage.
  — Michael Goldberg and Rogelio Solis, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2023
• Shim was born in Seoul and moved to Vancouver as a child.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
• Gayle said that baby De Niro was born April 6 and weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces.
  — USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
• The Eagles’ standout tried to stand up, but couldn’t bear the weight on her leg.
  — Ivan Orozco, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2024
• Hannah said Tatyanna was her first born and the two were close.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 5 June 2023
• Secor, born in 1978, says he’s always been a man out of time.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2023
• Shakur, born Lesane Parish Crooks, died days later on Sept. 13.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2023
• The payment was disbursed on the fourth Wednesday of May, and was sent to people born after the 21st of a month.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 24 May 2023
• From a Bronx dance floor in August 1973, hip hop was born: a union of rhyme, beat, and beating heart.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2023
• Where did your love of sports come from? I was born with an interest in sports.
  — Taylor Mims, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2024
• The two both signed a Kansas City jersey, which bears Kelce’s name and number, 87.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• That ability to match a ballad to a caller is born of a love of lyrics.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
• The recent trade for edge rusher Chase Young has borne fruit in a 4-0 stretch that has followed.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2023
• When Eliza and Ella Fuller were born in March, they were conjoined at the stomach.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
• After a few steps forward, reverse the movement to bear crawl back to the starting point.
  — Alyssa Sparacino, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
• And thus, a very early dinner schedule in our house was born.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 20 Feb. 2024
• Some of these moves may have started to bear fruit this month, analysts said.
  — Laura He, CNN, 31 Aug. 2023
• He was originally born among the Frost Giants but raised by Odin in the realm of Asgard.
  — Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
• Sonora Smart Dodd, who was born in 1882, is recognized as the founder of Father's Day.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
• Or were born with a visual impairment, and never had the confidence to pick one up in the first place?
  — Mark Soares, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2023
• One of the owners told him that Robert Wagner, who was the mayor when Adams was born, used to come in every day.
  — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• The elder Arévalo was forced to flee Guatemala and his son, Bernardo, was born in exile in Uruguay in 1958.
  — USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
• At the same time, the print speeds are relatively speedy, bearing in mind the quality of the end results.
  — David Nield / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
• Sly was born in March of 2021, and Ratajkowski wrote about how much her life changed after his birth in the caption of the naked photos.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 15 May 2023
• Their second daughter, Delta, was born just a year later.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2023
• The girls were born via surrogate in Martins Ferry, Ohio.
  — Tabitha Britt, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024