How to Use bearing in a Sentence

bearing

noun
  • All of this will have a bearing on the elections of 2024.
    Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • 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
  • Well, this is a case where Trump is just trying to get his bearings now in Georgia.
    CBS News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The first step with any new MGMT album is finding your bearings.
    Alex Swhear, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Jones sees the Ghosn saga as a cautionary tale of a leader who lost his bearings.
    Mark Kennedy, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Parler went out of its way to explain that Ye’s recent tirade had no bearing on the deal.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Guys sported these collar-bearing tees in bright stripes, neon, and camo.
    Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Engineers are working to secure the bearing to the pier.
    Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The poster itself shows a pair of hands holding a roll of white ribbon bearing numbers.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
  • It’s got a 12+1 stainless steel bearing system that runs silky smooth.
    Jerry Audet, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
  • Sales and chart positions have no bearing on the result.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2023
  • So go ahead, download those maps, drop those pins and keep your bearings intact.
    Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The match will have no bearing on the regular-season standings.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2023
  • All of these have a critical bearing on the success of your business and career goals.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • According to the seller, the clutch throw-out bearing may need replacing in the near future.
    Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 26 Apr. 2023
  • In these brief fragments, like tiny chapters building up to a book, the dancers find their bearings as the beat begins to soak into their skin.
    Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The eight spinner wheels are just as tough with steal bearings that can support the bag’s weight even when it’s packed to capacity.
    Rachael Green, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2023
  • The extent to which the Chinese economy can pick up pace next year will have a huge bearing on how bad that slump will be. Shifting to yuan?
    Laura He, CNN, 8 Dec. 2022

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