bear down in English

move forward in a threatening manner (e.g., "The cruise ship bore down on our canoe"); use utmost effort and concentration (e.g., "If you really bear down, you will success"); contract the muscles of the abdomen during childbirth in order to facilitate the delivery

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "bear down" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "bear down", or refer to the context using the word "bear down" in the English Dictionary.

1. The teachers bear down on English teaching.

2. Accabler translations: to overwhelm, bear down on

3. The courts bear down on young criminals.

4. 2 The teachers bear down on English teaching.

5. The courts bear down ( hard ) on drug - pushers.

6. 9 The courts bear down on young criminals.

7. The courts must bear down on young criminals.

8. The nurse will tell you when to bear down.

9. If you bear down, you will finish the task.

10. 1 The courts must bear down on young criminals.

11. The government has announced it will bear down on inflation.

12. These shots were not sufficient to fetch the bear down.

13. If you just bear down, you will pass the test.

14. He tried his best to bear down all of his oppositions.

15. My batting trainer told me to bear down on my swing.

16. 4 The government has announced it will bear down on inflation.

17. 3 The enemy warship tried to bear down on our small airboat.

18. Bear down on it with all your strength so it doesn't move.

19. 10 My batting trainer told me to bear down on my swing.

20. A stillness which seemed to bear down on her like a physical presence.

21. 6 Bear down on it with all your strength so it doesn't move.

22. As pressure and stress bear down on me, I find joy in your commands.

23. 7 A stillness which seemed to bear down on her like a physical presence.

24. These thoughts bear down on me as I sit here on this third night of writing.

25. 11 As pressure and stress bear down on me,(www.Sentencedict.com) I find joy in your commands.

26. It is not right for a man to bear down his neck to the oppressor always.

27. 29 His lecture is intended to bear down on the application of acupuncture anaesthesia in brain surgery.

28. 8 These thoughts bear down on me as I sit here on this third night of writing.

29. 5 His lecture is intended to bear down on the application of acupuncture anaesthesia in brain surgery.

30. Coerce: verb apply pressure , bear down, bludgeon , bring pressure to bear , Coercere , command , compel , constrain , demand , dictate , dominate , draft , dragoon

31. Attack: verb abuse , adgredi , adoriri , advance upon , aggress , assail , assault , assume the offensive , bear down upon , beat , begin hostilities against

32. Compel: verb bear down against , bear hard upon , blackmail , bring pressure to bear upon , burden , cause , coerce , cogere , command , Compellere , constrain

33. Browbeat Meaning: "to bully," originally "to bear down with stern or arrogant looks," 1580s, from brow + beat (v.)

34. In that sequence, the P-40 veers into a row of parked P-40s as a line of strafing Zekes bear down.

35. The initial assessment of cystocele can include a pelvic exam to evaluate leakage of urine when the women is asked to bear down or give a strong cough (Valsalva maneuver), and the anterior vaginal wall measured and evaluated for the appearance of a cystocele.