Bear
Bear verb - To keep in one's mind or heart.
Usage example: I'm not one to bear grudges
Deny
Deny verb - To declare not to be true.
Common collocations
| connection | bear connection | deny connection |
| power | bear power | deny power |
| life | bear life | deny life |
| responsibility | bear responsibility | deny responsibility |
| Other words: sex, relation, relationship, right, time, elements, times, similarities. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- There is no confusing the place for anything but a mafia hideout with a lot of bear-head masks on the thugs, and yet, its workers will deny this every chance they get; often without even being asked, with dialogue such as "You'd never make it in the mafia... not that there's any mafia around here."
Source: Blatant Lies / Video Games - They don't deny what they are, or bear grudges against their fellows, but in making peace with their non-human nature they may have also distanced themselves from humanity, no longer viewing it as a group they belong to or should give equal consideration to.
Source: Stages of Monster Grief - Grumpy Bear: Sun pegs Kyoshi for this, as much as she would deny it.
Source: Fanfic / Kyoshi Rising
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