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Sentence Examples The flashing light on the answering machine bore testimony to the unanswered call. In style and method, the dictionary bore little resemblance to earlier editions. The murder bore all the hallmarks of a serial killer's work. Happy were it for us all if we bore prosperity as well and wisely as we endure an adverse fortune. The Environment Agency also publishes information about tidal bores, these being the Trent Aegir and the Severn bore. They were often illustrated with crude woodcuts, which sometimes bore no relation to the text. Dahl introduced on camera all the episodes of the first two series, which bore the full title Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected. In that same year Prince Aloys became the first member of the House of Liechtenstein to set foot in the principality that bore their name. A few months after his death, his widow, whose identity is lost, bore him a son, named Andrew. Women married younger, remained wed longer, bore more children, and lost influence within the family polity. With the onset of cooler weather, they bore into the wood making oval entrance holes and tunnel deeply. Ancestral right means descent in the male line from an ancestor who lawfully bore arms. According to linguistic theory, this word bore descendants in multiple Germanic languages of exactly the same meaning. However, the dredging of the river for the barge may be responsible for a weakening of the tidal bore. The king had jurisdiction only in treason cases, though the lords each bore personal allegiance to the king as feudal subjects. Before his father's death in 1399, Henry bore the arms of the kingdom, differenced by a label of five points ermine. He was the inventor of a precision boring machine that could bore cast iron cylinders, such as those used in steam engines of James Watt. A Royal patent which was issued in 1669 granted the mint the sole right to produce medals of any metal which bore a portrait of a monarch. This was met with a mixed reception, as their style and fan base bore little resemblance to the heavy metal background of Iron Maiden. He took two bottles, one of which held an ovaline pill that was faintly pink and bore a label on it with a picture of the moon. Show More Sentences Coins bore his likeness, and he was given the right to speak first during Senate meetings. The clouds on Futurity Day bore out in a general way this prognostication. But he overweened himself. He bore the title Earl of March before his father's death and his accession to the throne. The first tide table in China was recorded in 1056 AD primarily for visitors wishing to see the famous tidal bore in the Qiantang River. Ten percent of the value of the prizes was paid to the pasha or his successors, who bore the titles of agha or dey or bey. Construction projects bore inscriptions praising Vespasian and condemning previous emperors. To his happy surprise, each plant bore perfect tomatoes like the parent vine. Eliza doted on the plumless tree that exploded in plum-scented blossoms but never once bore fruit. In 1715 he married Jeanne de Lartigue, a Protestant, who eventually bore him three children. He founded some twenty cities that bore his name, most notably Alexandria in Egypt. Alexander arranged a double phalanx, with the center advancing at an angle, parting when the chariots bore down and then reforming. Over the course of his conquests, Alexander founded some twenty cities that bore his name, most of them east of the Tigris. They brought with them envoys from Siam, Semudera, Aden, and other countries, who bore tribute in local products. In official Chinese histories, the Yuan dynasty bore the Mandate of Heaven, following the Song dynasty and preceding the Ming dynasty. As was tradition for Spanish ships of the day, she bore a female saint's name, Santa Clara. Warriors bore wooden or animal hide shields decorated with feathers and animal skins. In her youth, her father Cacique of Paynala died, and her mother remarried another Cacique and bore a son. Another good example of a tidal bore may be viewed on the Salmon River in the town of Truro. He had married Dona Ana Chacon of Madrid in 1589, who bore him one son and one daughter. Far from being guaranteed to blow your mind, We Will Rock You is guaranteed to bore you rigid. The show is prolefeed at its worst. Show More Sentences The larvae of many insects bore into the trees and their tunnels remain indefinitely as sources of weakness. They continued to be made in a range of sizes, down to very small, with a bore and stroke of only a few inches. However, because cores were often off center, the wall thickness determined the size of the bore. When plastic disposable syringes displaced glass in the late 1960s, the range of its precision bore product was diversified. Under the duke were three aristocratic families, whose heads bore the title of viscount and held hereditary positions in the Lu bureaucracy. From the bases of these, a horizontal driftway was driven along the line of the first bore. To make matters worse, the parish boundaries often bore little or no relation to the natural geography. The island was two rocks grey as twilight between which a tump of iron loam ribbed with flint bore a stand of fir and spruce. There was a tree just behind which bore alligator pears, and all about were the cocoa-nuts which gave the land its revenue. In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road. They are all business and brusqueness, and they bore us, and are antipatico. She still bore the scars of a very conflictive divorce, which made her wary of making any new commitment. The cupola has a small cylindrical chimney-like bore that is lined with a refractory material. His force was the preternatural activity of a strong imagination, which, curbless and uncontrolled, bore him whithersoever it would. In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance. His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise. This foreign visitor asked me how I felt about the war, and I told him that it was over, and I bore no hard feelings. The highest animals laid warm and wet creatures alive, the lowest bore theirs cold, dry, and in thick eggs. Marvell... thought Peter a bore in society and an insufferable nuisance on closer terms. With the chance for an annulment lost and England's place in Europe forfeit, Cardinal Wolsey bore the blame. Show More Sentences It was originally called Ark but became Ark Raleigh, following the convention at the time by which the ship bore the name of its owner. Taken as a prize off the Pacific coast of Mexico, it was made of enamelled gold and bore an African diamond and a ship with an ebony hull. The fleet was composed of 130 ships, 8,000 sailors and 18,000 soldiers, and bore 1,500 brass guns and 1,000 iron guns. Two were intercepted and towed away, but the remainder bore down on the fleet. As Duke of York, Charles bore the royal arms of the kingdom differenced by a label Argent of three points, each bearing three torteaux Gules. The Prince of Wales bore the royal arms differenced by a plain label Argent of three points. Give me but so many meals, and thou shalt find me one of the strongest Turkish males that ever English gennet bore. Very high spring tides can generate a tidal bore from Hale as far upstream as Warrington. A curious phenomenon associated with the lower reaches of the Severn is the tidal bore, which forms somewhat upstream of the port of Sharpness. The bore is accompanied by a rapid rise in water level which continues for about one and a half hours after the bore has passed. The Severn bore is a tidal bore seen on the tidal reaches of the River Severn in south western England. There are a number of viewpoints from which the bore can be seen, or viewers can walk along the river bank or floodbanks. Nowadays the bore is of more interest to surfers and canoeists who attempt to ride the waves. As the bed of the estuary starts to rise and the sides continue to converge, the bore forms and begins to surge up the river in a tidal stream. The bore consists of three or four sizeable waves followed by a few of diminishing size. Now the bore is recognisably the spectacular phenomenon that people expect rather than a swelling flood of water. Both branches encounter and overcome weirs and rejoin at Upper Parting, and the much diminished bore continues upstream. The River Severn is considered a navigable river and Gloucester used to be an important port, with shipping having to deal with the bore. He became a surfing enthusiast in his later life and rode the bore on a board he designed himself. On days when a large bore is expected, hundreds of surfing enthusiasts may accumulate, waiting for the waves to arrive. Show More Sentences A tidal bore takes place during the flood tide and never during the ebb tide. The tidal bore induces a strong turbulent mixing in the estuarine zone, and the effects may be felt along considerable distances. The bore rumble is heard far away because its low frequencies can travel over long distances. Historically, there was a tidal bore on the Gulf of California in Mexico at the mouth of the Colorado River. Coastal limestones are often eroded by organisms which bore into the rock by various means. One of his shirt cuffs... bore a laundry mark, and the detectives finally located the laundry in this city. He had a healthy colour in his cheeks, and his face, though lined, bore few traces of anxiety. An exception is the Hoosac Tunnel, which was duplicated by enlarging the bore. Ultimately, she bore nineteen children, of which nine lived beyond infancy. She married John Clitherow, a wealthy butcher and a chamberlain of the city, in 1571 and bore him three children. The crop season was at hand and the sugarcane fields, managerless, were open to the malice of those who bore the Tulsis grudges. In this way, they bore similarities with the May Day garlands which were also a common festival practice in Britain and Ireland. She bore Holbein a son of his own, Philipp, in their first year of marriage. His early career was marked by poetry that bore immense knowledge of English society and he met that knowledge with sharp criticism. The marriage was not very successful, and it was many years before she bore him an heir. It was at this time that Edith bore their first child, John Francis Reuel Tolkien. She sent them to Tolkien, who was struck by the similarity they bore in style to his own drawings. I'd like to import the whole Chelsea girl with her 'life is fabulous' philosophy to America with instructions to bore from within. Hill also became involved in a BMW dealership, just outside Royal Leamington Spa, that bore his name and an Audi dealership in Exeter. If comparable bore to stroke ratios are employed, an engine with more cylinders will have a greater piston area and a shorter stroke. Show More Sentences His wife, Catherine of Aragon, bore him only a single child that survived infancy, Mary. Carved on the Sultan's seal, they bore the names of the Sultan and his father. The north bore the brunt of the depression, and the '30s were the most difficult time in living memory for people in these areas. The further bore tunnelling will link up the tunnels already planned beneath South Ruislip and Ruislip Gardens and Old Oak Common to North Acton. The Trent is noted for a tidal phenomenon called the Eagre or Aiger. a species of bore like that which occurs on an enormous scale at the mouth of the Amazon. Timetables for the bore and predictions of bore heights are published each year, however, the heights and timings are subject to minor variations. Being the onset of the flood tide, the bore is accompanied by a rapid rise in water level which continues for about one and a half hours after the bore has passed. As she held high the Staff, she caught the early sunlight. Her hair shone about her like an anadem, and the golden Ranyhyn bore her up like an offering to the wide day. These changes occurred independent of any antigang program and bore no relation to the number of officers in the Chicago Police Department's Gang Crimes Unit. The passing of the bore causes a churning of the water, and the myriads of tiny bubbles popping contributes much of the roaring sound made by the bore. Her sentence bore that she should stand a certain time upon the platform. Historically, the princeps senatus of the Roman Senate was such a figure and initially only bore the distinction that he was allowed to speak first during debate. It is as great a bore as to hear a poet read his own verses. The skull within the lead box not only bore the marks of multiple sword blows, but the features bore a remarkable resemblance to portraits made of the man in life. Demian's instrument bore little resemblance to modern instruments. The body having been encoffined, we two alone bore it to its rest. The ship bore salted beef, butter, cheese, bread, barley, peas, beans, groats, flour, oil, vinegar, mustard, salt, beer, wine, brandy, hardtack, smoked bacon, ham and fish. Two key features of a tidal bore are the intense turbulence and turbulent mixing generated during the bore propagation, as well as its rumbling noise. As a primary architect of the draft Constitution that emerged from Philadelphia in 1787, Madison substantially bore the burden of defending his handiwork in his home state. According to Suetonius, he bore the frank language of his friends, the quips of pleaders, and the impudence of the philosophers with the greatest patience. Show More Sentences There are sophists who retort that Mr. Duranty was recognized for what he wrote before he bore false witness about the Holodomor, as Ukrainians refer to this genocide. While in Athens, his wife Pythias died and Aristotle became involved with Herpyllis of Stagira, who bore him a son whom he named after his father, Nicomachus. The velocity observations indicate a rapid deceleration of the flow associated with the passage of the bore as well as large velocity fluctuations. What Eadred thought of the matter or how much sympathy he bore for his brother's godson can only be guessed at, but it seems that he at least tolerated Olaf's presence. Berkshire County Council bore arms with two golden lions in reference to its royal patronage and the Norman kings' influence upon the early history of Berkshire. In China, despite warning signs erected along the banks of the Qiantang River, a number of fatalities occur each year by people who take too much risk with the bore. For example, a milestone from the 17th century exists, calling the town Cowes, but up until the late 19th Century the Urban District Council bore the name West Cowes. Once very strong, later diversions of the river for irrigation have weakened the flow of the river to the point the tidal bore has nearly disappeared. For the average Vegas spender or showgoer, a bore. His musical sound with a combo of three is uncouth, matching to a great extent the lyric content of his nonsensical songs. Pulchra bore Varus a son, also called Publius Quinctilius Varus. The sturdy peasant woman who worked the land and bore strong children was considered ideal, and athletic women were praised for being tanned from working outdoors. He continued southward to the Persian Gulf, when, after escaping with his fleet a tidal bore on the Tigris, he received the submission of Athambelus, the ruler of Charax. Charles's wife, Catherine of Braganza, bore no live children, but Charles acknowledged at least twelve illegitimate children by various mistresses. Of the 28 former lords of the Wirral manors listed, 12 bore Norse names. At the end of an hour he died, as they die who are bitten by the little brown karait, and the policemen bore him and the thing under the tablecloth to their appointed places. Since 2012, French operators Bouygues Telecom, Orange and SFR have covered Running Tunnel South, the tunnel bore normally used for travel from France to Britain. The enraged judge ordered Alban scourged, thinking that a whipping would shake the constancy of his heart, but Alban bore these torments patiently and joyfully. As the Severn becomes tidal the associated deity changed to Nodens, who was represented mounted on a seahorse, riding on the crest of the Severn bore. I protest I know not what Face the Moon bore at that time, but I am sure I appear'd like one Planet-struck, and retir'd, more fit indeed for a Grave than a Mistress. He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed part of himself to him. Show More Sentences Armour bore him nine children, only three of whom survived infancy. In the narrower, upper reaches, the river occupies the whole area between its banks and the bore advances in a series of waves that move upstream. His loudly verbalized beliefs marked him as an ignorant bore. On 7 October 919 Charles married Eadgifu, the daughter of Edward the Elder, King of England, who bore him a son, the future King Louis IV of France. Overnight, as the storm bore down on urban flood zones, city officials ramped up emergency spaces to shelter thousands more people, mostly in public schools and colleges. In spring 1605 they moved to another small house in Mitcham, London, where he scraped a meager living as a lawyer, while Anne Donne bore a new baby almost every year. For one thing, it would bore me and for another, it would lack the 'verve' and the extraordinary touches and surprising ideas that flood out from my imagination. Some farmers rented the land and bore the production costs themselves. Examples from Classical Literature The head cases on the other hand bore movement fairly well, provided only that asepsis was ensured. He loved them, and they responded to his love and bloomed and bore for him. More than his ambassadress to the tzin, she bore his prophecy to the generations of the future. As for the amice and the albe, they retain the very names they bore in Numa's day. Once before when he bore Sleipner with the giant horse Svadilfare, Loke had revealed his androgynous nature. My curling fair hair and blue eyes bore token of our Norse blood and Anglo-Norman descent. Centralia happened to be the place where the tree of anti-labor propaganda first bore its ghastly fruit. We found that the tumor did extend from the antrum, into which I could bore my finger easily. Then I saw that he bore him to the mouth of the arbour into which Gottlieb had turned to rest. Knox understood the relation which men of his stamp bore to Anglicanism. A soldier said he would get a gimlet and bore a hole into the arminian. Then he bore the armless torso of the mech backward and fell upon it. Hesron also had to wife abia who bore him Ashur the father of Thecua. Robert bore his heckling, however, with great patience and adroitness. Beetle larvae bore through ash trees, disrupting flow of water and nutrients through the tree, and eventually killing it. The woes of the apoplectic mate had begun to bore him long before. I bore it very well for a while, for at first it only amused me. Two of these ladies bore the pretty names of Inda and amina. She did not love him, and the amorousness of the unloved is a bore. It bore for device a Falcon volant, argent, with a fetter-lock, or. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of bore? Words that rhyme with bore What is the past tense of bore? What is the plural of bore? What is the adverb for bore? What is the adjective for bore? What is the noun for bore? Translations for bore Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words bordure border states border state borders on Borders borders boreal Boreal borealis boreas Boreas bored 4-letter Words Starting With b bo bor