And it is well to bear down hard on this: do not put material into your letter that properly belongs in the circular.
Their sole aim is to focus on the viewpoint of the reader; find the subjects in which he is interested, learn the arguments that will appeal to him, bear down on the persuasion that will induce him to act at once.
The National Cloak Company has studied the methods that take firm hold on the women and finds it necessary to bear down heavily on the guarantee of satisfaction.
It wanted but ten minutes to noon, when the signal flew out from the masthead of the Admiral for the fleet to bear down on the French, each ship to steer for and closely engage the one nearest to her in the enemy's line.
It was a period of intense anxiety; for the doubt was whether the Count de Grasse would abandon his ships to their fate or bear down to their relief, and thus lessen the distance between the enemy and himself.
La Garde and the Prior of Capua were expert officers, and when, after some hours of long bowls, the wind got up and the English ships began to bear down, they extricated themselves very smartly from danger.
They must be supposed to have trusted it to bear down opposition by its mere weight, just as a very fine corps of mail-clad horsemen would sweep lighter opponents before them on the field of battle.
The duke at once gave the order to bear down on the enemy.
A2; c6] bear down hard as in delivery or defecation.
Iduut ang lápis pagsuwat, Bear down on the pencil when you write.
A; c6] bear down hard in delivering a child or defecating.
To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.
To bear downwith a brazen face; to surpass in impudence.
To bear down, as on a halyard when hoisting a sail.
To face or look (one) out of countenance; to resist or bear down by bold looks or effrontery; to brave.
It was a matter of tradition for flagship to seek flagship, just as it was to signal a general chase, and to bear down together, each ship for its opposite, well extended with the enemy.
Time was thus given to the British to refit their ships sufficiently to bear down again.
At this moment Jonah's second daughter, together with one Mrs. Loveys, housekeeper at Bear Down, appeared.
The big-nosed man was a new hand at Bear Down; but one fortnight in the company of Sally had served to enslave Henry's maiden heart.
Defn: To bear downwith a brazen face; to surpass in impudence.
Defn: To face or look (one) out of countenance; to resist or bear down by bold looks or effrontery; to brave.
A hard unyielding mass of this nature frequently produces so much tension, pain of back, and irresistible efforts to bear down, as to render it incapable of being borne for any length of time.
The only difficulty which we shall meet with in thus using the whole hand, is the violent straining and efforts to bear down, which the patient is involuntarily compelled to make, from the presence of the hand in the vagina.
The tenesmus of dysentery is a sympathetic action of the same nature; the rectum is highly irritated by the acrid nature of its contents, and excites an irresistible disposition to bear down.
Each pain is attended with a violent and irresistible impulse to bear down, and every muscle which can assist in effecting this object is now brought into play.
I wouldn't bear down so hard on this matter if money was the only thing that a fellow could lose on 'Change.
But as he was a new boy, no one was disposed to bear down on him very hard, so his cigarettes were taken away from him and he was sent back to his bench with a warning that he had used up all his explanations.
A fireship ordered to proceed on service is to keep a little ahead and to windward of the ship that is to escort her, to be the more ready to bear down on the vessel she is to board, and to board if possible in the fore shrouds.
Nelson now hoisted the signal to bear down on them in two lines.
On the 19th of April, having come in sight of the enemy on the previous evening, about noon he threw out a signal for every ship to bear down, steer for them, and engage at close quarters her opposite in the enemy's line.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bear down" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
