It stands to reason the Company can't let you bear the brunt of this most deplorable occurrence, though I don't believe we could have found a better guardian for the poor little lad.

And leave thee to bear the Brunt? Scar.

Lemme bear the brunt o' it.

Must we not call upon the Workers of all countriesthose who are the least responsible for the inception of wars, and yet who suffer most by them, who bear the brunt of the wounds, the slaughter, the disease, and the misery which are a necessary part of themto rise up and forbid them for ever from the earth?

Maria was always ready to "bear the brunt," and could at any time be coaxed by the younger children to do the things which they found difficult or disagreeable.

He had selected Philip to bear the brunt of his attack, believing him to be possessed of the weaker nerve.

Have much ado with, have a hard time of it; come to the push, come to the pinch; bear the brunt.

V. feel; receive an impression &c n.; be impressed with &c adj.; entertain feeling, harbor feeling, cherish feeling &c n.. respond; catch the flame, catch the infection; enter the spirit of. bear, suffer, support, sustain, endure, thole [Scot.], aby^; abide &c (be composed) 826; experience &c (meet with) 151; taste, prove; labor under, smart under; bear the brunt of, brave, stand.

bear the brunt, bear well; go through, support, endure, brave, disregard. tolerate, suffer, stand, bide; abide, aby^; bear with, put up with, take up with, abide with; acquiesce; submit &c (yield) 725; submit with a good grace; resign oneself to, reconcile oneself to; brook, digest, eat, swallow, pocket, stomach.

No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of old, Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life's arrears Of pain, darkness and cold.

More than once, I have had an opportunity to form that acquaintance, and more than once I have declined it, but I am ready to bear the brunt of explanation, if you desire me.

Law had to bear the brunt of this suspicion.

As I found I was to bear the brunt of the expense, I determined to make it as small as I consistently could, and have, therefore, made the volume somewhat smaller than was in my original plan.

Thank God the world had learned its lesson by 1914, when the Hun challenged it again, so that the challenge was met and taken up, and France was not left alone to bear the brunt of German greed and German hate.

She felt an impulse like that of a terrified child to run away, far away to some one who should stand before her and bear the brunt.

Colored folks always has to bear the brunt.

Lieutenant Halsey will bear the brunt of the fight, and it only remains for you to stand by the interests committed to your care.

The looks are bent on the shaking ground, And the heart beats loud with a knelling sound; Swift by the breasts that must bear the brunt, Gallops the Major along the front "Halt!" And fetter'd they stand at the stark command, And the warriors, silent, halt!

And if we have wars again, who but the Barelas would bear the brunt?

We are willing to bear the brunt of the storm, if we can only be the means of making a breach in the wall of public opinion, which lies right in the way of woman's true dignity, honor, and usefulness.

But they were full of enthusiasm, and would bear the brunt of battle.

He could not help but return to the foot of the steps; any pusillanimity on his part at this juncture, any reluctance to meet Editha face to face or to bear the brunt of her reproaches and of her sneers, might jeopardize the romance of his personality in the eyes of Sue.

He knows that he has to bear the brunt of the wind, so he puts out no sail.

A procés which my father has instituted against a great manufacturing firm here at Rouen, and of which I have to bear the brunt.

We feel so keenly for her poor sisters, who seem to have to bear the brunt of so many sorrows.