How to Use bearing in a Sentence

bearing

noun
  • The guest cylinder comes as one piece with the release bearing in this truck.
    Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Schenk told the jury that the rape claim had no bearing on the criminal case.
    Joel Rosenblatt, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2021
  • This has no bearing on the future of the Christmas parade.
    Janelle Jessen, Arkansas Online, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Underneath its papal pomp and regal bearing, this thing is pulp through and through.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Jackson said the use of marijuana had no bearing on Wright's cause of death.
    Julia Jones, Ray Sanchez and Brad Parks, CNN, 14 Dec. 2021
  • As a fix, dealers will inspect and replace the front wheel bearing hub assembly of affected trucks, free of charge, according to Chrysler.
    Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The ruling in state court has no bearing on the broader and higher-stakes case before the Supreme Court, which has shown no urgency in making a ruling.
    Paul J. Weber, Chron, 10 Dec. 2021
  • But Elgort is also seven years older than Zegler, and his bearing toward her is nearly avuncular.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Unlike football, the RPI has no direct bearing on any postseason pairings in basketball, but can be used to compare teams.
    James Weber, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2021
  • The resolution of these appeals has substantial bearings on the Championship 4, and the overall season.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
  • After conducting a Twitter poll on Nov. 6—which may or may not have had any bearing on his decision—Musk started offloading stock.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 20 Dec. 2021
  • According to the Cleveland Clinic, about one in 10 people with ovaries and of child-bearing age experience anovulation at some point in their lives.
    Sara Lindberg, SELF, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Long before Cintra fell to a Nilfgaardian army, Princess Cirilla had learned to disguise her regal bearing.
    Scott Meslow, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Those questions generate a lot of suspense and also a sense of vertigo about what is real, who is telling the truth, and whether authenticity has any bearing at all in matters of race and sexuality.
    New York Times, 7 Dec. 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 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
  • 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 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

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