How to Use bearing in a Sentence

bearing

noun
  • The work has to be load-bearing.
    — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • What bearing does that have here?
    — Elizabeth Rosner, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Best to wait a day or two to get your true bearings.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Did the weight of that whole event have a heavy bearing on you?
    — Matthew Glenesk, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Sep. 2021
  • But still, like, give a girl some time to get her bearings.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Does that have any real bearing on his work here?
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The drum bearings are prone to failure as well.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 12 May 2026
  • Some had noisy bearings, which could sound like a whining noise.
    — John Paul, The Providence Journal, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The next day, his whole front leg was engorged and non-weight bearing.
    — Kevin Farron, Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Does that have any legal bearing?
    — ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2026
  • That has no bearing on the job itself, which is the most fun thing in the world.
    — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
  • The cars caught fire in the first place because a key wheel bearing failed and got too hot.
    — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 26 June 2024
  • That has a major bearing on our outlook for the next six months.
    — Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2020
  • The fact that the other game ended in a tie has no bearing on our game.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
  • The timing of which came first should have no bearing on the matter.
    — Star Tribune, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The guest cylinder comes as one piece with the release bearing in this truck.
    — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • Netflix’s stock may have had the biggest bearing on the events of the day.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Beware of Greeks bearing gifts, but don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Tied around his neck like a cape was a flag bearing what looks like an Iron Cross.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The skates come stocked with freestyle wheels and slalom bearings, though the frames are removable.
    — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Saenger Theatre is one of four across the South bearing that name.
    — Blake Pontchartrain, NOLA.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • But faulty wheel bearings cause just 5% of all derailments.
    — Michael F. Gorman, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
  • One can afford to be charming, and the other has to be load-bearing.
    — Ashutosh Saxena, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • How many times the gambler has rolled that night has no bearing on whether the next roll will be a double six.
    — Philip Goff, Scientific American, 10 Jan. 2021
  • On the right, next to the minutes, is a sapphire jewel bearing.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The oil lubricates a giant bearing that helps turn the carousel.
    — WSJ, 14 June 2023
  • Jonathan Young said that doesn’t have much bearing on his appearance on the show.
    — al, 9 Mar. 2022

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