bear down

She saw a large black figure bearing down on her.

The heat of the day was already bearing down on them.

They turned to face the young woman bearing down on them.

When they speak, I feel the force of history bearing down on me.

It seemed they were all bearing down on him alone.

They were just standing there watching it bear down on them!

But now the baby had dropped, and she was starting to bear down.

"We were very concerned that management was going to bear down and go after the union."

"We got off to such a slow start, we've had to really bear down for the last month and a half."

A number of other factors are bearing down on the stock market.

Last night, they had all gone to bed feeling the weather bearing down on them.

Why was he bearing down so hard on this one account?

He turned to look over his shoulder and saw a dark figure bearing down on him.

None of them have any excuse not to bear down.

Williams started moving toward second, the ball bearing down on him.

"But I felt and still feel that we needed to bear down more on spending cuts."

How did he deal with all the traffic bearing down on his house?

"There must be several thousands and they are bearing down directly upon us."

He couldn't go right because the car was bearing down on him from that direction.

Now it's beginning to bear down harder but a lot less than it did the first time.

Her brother does not enjoy the school, feeling the weight of class differences bear down upon him.

"I just told him to go out and bear down.

All we said to him was just bear down and focus."

Suddenly there was a giant thing bearing down on them.

I saw the lights of cars bearing down upon us.