Bear
Bear verb - To bring forth from the womb.
Impress
Impress verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.
Both words in one sentence
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Goofy Print Underwear: Garfield shows Jon's underwear with teddy bear prints to a girl Jon's trying to impress.
Source: Comic Strip / Garfield - In Brother Bear, Kenai and Koda come across two rams who butt heads to try to impress some girls, and then they start yelling back at their echoes when Kenai tries to ask them for directions.
Source: BLAM / Film -
From the Mouths of Babes: In the episode "Dummi Bear Dinner Disaster," all the adults are trying to impress Paul Gatsby (who's having dinner at the Carmichaels'), a cartoonist and creator of the Dummi Bear cartoon.
Source: Western Animation / Rugrats
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