How to Use bearing in a Sentence

bearing

noun
  • And many people in their child-bearing years are torn between the future that awaits and their personal desire to have kids.
    Alex Kuffner, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Ancient history – or even the recent past – has no bearing on Friday night, of course.
    al, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Pro says: The playoff committee says margin of victory has no bearing on the rankings.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Weight-bearing exercise with minimal trauma, such as walking, is ideal.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2021
  • There is damage to and progressive destruction of the articular cartilage, which is the smooth load-bearing portion of the joint.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2021
  • For the first six months, learning Spanish with Julieta felt like a separate part of my life that had no bearing on my day-to-day reality.
    Siobhan Reid, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2021
  • This is a delicate process, as the components must retain their stability and load-bearing capacity even though most of the metal is carved away.
    Carol Besler, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Presence is highly correlated with well-being, but search seems to have no bearing on it—and pondering your meaning in life too much could even lead you to dissatisfaction.
    Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2021
  • All of this will have a bearing on the elections of 2024.
    Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The cars caught fire in the first place because a key wheel bearing failed and got too hot.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 26 June 2024
  • The outcome of England vs. Wales, though, will have no bearing on the U.S. cause.
    Steven Goff, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Nov. 2022
  • The next day, his whole front leg was engorged and non-weight bearing.
    Kevin Farron, Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Neville said the contract dispute has no bearing on the 2023 game.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2023
  • Shears' friends told deputies that wasn't true and that the car's wheel bearings were working well.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2023
  • The guest cylinder comes as one piece with the release bearing in this truck.
    Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The skates come stocked with freestyle wheels and slalom bearings, though the frames are removable.
    Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2024
  • On the right, next to the minutes, is a sapphire jewel bearing.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2022
  • While the outcome of the game has no bearing on the $150 bonus conveying, there is a chance that the bet could win.
    Xl Media, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Schenk told the jury that the rape claim had no bearing on the criminal case.
    Joel Rosenblatt, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Usher moves through the world with the bearing of a homecoming king.
    Danielle Amir Jackson Malike Sidibe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The judge ruled her testimony, and the recording had no bearing on the case.
    Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The oil lubricates a giant bearing that helps turn the carousel.
    WSJ, 14 June 2023
  • But the outcome of that case has no bearing on the court's decision to block the debt relief plan.
    Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 1 July 2023
  • The fact that the baseball teams play outside has no bearing on the mandate, the spokesperson said.
    Dennis Young, courant.com, 15 Mar. 2022
  • This has no bearing on the future of the Christmas parade.
    Janelle Jessen, Arkansas Online, 8 Dec. 2021
  • This meant Sunday’s matchup in Iowa City had no bearing on the standings.
    Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Solve the puzzle to get your bearings—and to reveal the caption to the cartoon below.
    Patrick Berry, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • What happens against the Buckeyes often doesn’t have much bearing on the rest of the season.
    Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The book does not flinch, as book critics say, from the violence the characters endure in order to facilitate our bearing of witness.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Also, wouldn’t an armored vehicle bearing so much cash be monitored via GPS tracking system?
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024

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