Example sentences for: bearers

How can you use “bearers” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • American bearers of the name, such as Howard Hughes and Howard Keel , later made the name well known to British parents.

  • The simple shapes and lines were being offered rather as extensions of late 18 th century neoclassicism, as new bearers of old values.

  • Prudie wishes she could attribute the phrase to the proper person, but some clever soul named the bearers of implants "the balloon smugglers."

  • A typical Rybakin main name entry has seven items of information following the headword that is the name itself: pronunciation (in IPA), gender, Russian form (both traditional and modern), language(s) of origin, ultimate literal meaning, examples of literary bearers, and derivatives.

  • The most respected mechanic in the village of St. Martin d'Ardèche, not far from where I live, is called Monsieur Salaud . And in another nearby village the job of mayor is held down by the amiable Madame Bordel . Perfectly ordinary-sounding French names--with the sole drawback that salaud means `bastard' and bordel means `brothel'; and all over France these unfortunates have for company the bearers of such names as Lacrotte `turd,' Vachier `piss off,' Connard `bloody fool,' and Putin `whore'-- not to mention such real unprintables like Baize and Ducon .


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