How to Use bearing in a Sentence

bearing

noun
  • The spindle is made from polished stainless steel and rotates in a low-friction brass-bearing well.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 3 May 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
  • Watson’s situation will have any bearing on whether or not Clowney re-signs with the Browns.
    cleveland, 9 May 2022
  • And the two drawers open up on ball-bearing glides that reveal room for reading glasses, books, and other personal items.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Everything the senior pitcher does has a bearing on how the softball game turns out for Del Norte High.
    Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The team’s decision to stay or leave has no bearing on the program, but all projects require multiple levels of public approval.
    Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Its decisions moving forward will have a very large bearing on the economy's direction for the remainder of the year.
    Desmond Lachman For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The war in Ukraine has no bearing on whether Johnson should resign on the question of principle that rule makers cannot be rule breakers.
    Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Gmoser said the investigation was ready to present to the grand jury and that the only thing that was pending was the result of an autopsy, which would have no bearing on the case.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 5 Apr. 2022
  • An attorney for Gugino, who has sued the city, told the Buffalo News that the ruling has no bearing on the lawsuit.
    CBS News, 11 Apr. 2022
  • This was during the administration of President George W. Bush, which may or may not have had any bearing on the outcome.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 11 May 2022
  • Each decision is independently determined and has no bearing on other (future) cases.
    Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 2 May 2022
  • Furthermore, the Court found that requirements such as advance registration or payment had no bearing on whether an activity qualifies as an event.
    Aleksandra Bal, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • But just like in ‘74, the regular season had no bearing on the big dance.
    Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The fact that a person only sees a doctor once now has no bearing on the future, whether that’s next year or later.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024

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