How to Use bearer in a Sentence

bearer

noun

• Mike Glavine doesn’t like to be the bearer of bad news.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2021
• Be the sunshine in the room instead of the bearer of bad news.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
• 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
• So even if the Jeep is in some way the standard-bearer for this class, the charge is now running well ahead of the colors.
  — Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 22 June 2020
• 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
• Rivera, 44, is a standard-bearer of a new Central Falls.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Jan. 2021
• 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
• Not to sound the alarm or be the bearer of bad news, but summer is slowly but surely coming to an end.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 9 Aug. 2022
• Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the cosmos decided to join in on the fun this year with a little drama of its own.
  — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
• The bride’s father walked her down the aisle, and Milo, the couple’s 10-month-old Australian shepherd, was the ring bearer.
  — New York Times, 11 June 2021
• She was dressed by Ralph Lauren for the event, who also dressed the Olympic and Paralympic athletes for both the opening and closing ceremony parades as well as the flag bearers.
  — Marissa Muller, WWD, 19 Jan. 2025
• Perhaps the most significant was Silencio, the longtime standard bearer from Paris with their core team.
  — Eric Fuller, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 16 Mar 2025