Bear
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- One day, the disease finally became too much for the boy to bear, and he lay on his deathbed.
Source: Shaggy Dog Story / Jokes -
They're so big that people lay down bear traps to catch them.
Source: Rodents of Unusual Size - As she lay dying at age 27, Shogun Iemitsu the Younger asked the former abbot (and only true love for all that his infertility obliged her to bear the children of several other men) Arikoto to guide the eldest of her daughters as a father.
Source: Wife Husbandry
Cite this Source
Lay and Bear. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bear/lay
Bear & Lay. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bear/lay>.
Lay or Bear. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bear/lay.
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